"You can never plan the future by the past."
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"What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle."
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"We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough."
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"The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people."
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"[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective."
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"Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know."
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"Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that."
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"Out-of-control emotions can make smart people stupid."
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"Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be."
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"One of the most stupid things to do is to pretend you are smart. When you pretend to be smart, you are at the height of stupidity."
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"So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others."
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"I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people."
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"I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat."
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"There's also the idea in this country [USA], it's not wholly new, but it's new in its kind of purity, in that you have to be really smart to be really rich. I always say to people, the reason people believe this is a) they've never met a really smart person, and b) they've never met a really rich person. I have met both, and I cannot see the crossover. You do not have to be a genius to get rich. You have to be ruthless to get rich."
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"I go for really smart guys, ones who are well-read and can banter and argue. Men need to be able to take me out and have a few drinks, but by the end of the night we'll be talking about Nietzsche."
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"Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do."
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"We need creative people working with broadcasters, making smart content to inspire people to be geniuses."
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"You have to be smart. The easy days are over."
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"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self."
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"Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!""
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