"Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent."
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"Even a genius has his questions."
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"The greatest form of genius is that which isn’t noticed."
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"Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement."
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"Sad beyound words that Prince is gone. To me he was one of the greatest music heroes- a true genius.There will never be another Prince."
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"What makes success is not your genius idea, but the execution and follow-through around it"
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"No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it."
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"All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others."
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"As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world."
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"Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things."
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"The purpose of America is to unleash the full talent and genius of every individual."
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"I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him."
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"The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting."
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"The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action."
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"I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation."
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"I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing."
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"The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton."
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"My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization."
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"I never said I was a genius."
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"Sometimes [genius] is just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen table."
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