"Works of genius are the first things in the world."
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"The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind."
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"when you think you've got hold of a genius ... you can't be sure whether it's a spark of the divine fire or a mere flash in the pan."
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"Physicians can't really dictate our protocols. They can inform us to the extent that they can as to what would best serve us, because we're not medical geniuses, no human being is, but intrinsically there is inside of each one of us, the knowing of what's going on."
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"There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine."
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"Then instead of introducing Dre as the guy from N.W.A., Jerry Heller would say Dre was my producer! Dre would come to my interviews with me - he'd come to all these places that would never have had the guy from N.W.A. Wasn't it genius?"
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"Necessity is the spur of genius."
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"Common sense is better than genius, and hence its bestowment is more universal."
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"Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never"
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"I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one."
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"I had great affection for Dana Carvey, and I think we all thought, "Dana's the guy. There's the comic genius.""
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"Jack Benny, Fred Allen. Their jokes were wonderful. It takes skill to be funny. The timing of Jack Benny was so fine. It is a form of genius for which we should be grateful."
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"George Bush and his gang imagine they are being political geniuses."
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"Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard."
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"Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser."
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