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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Albert Einstein
    “It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: intelligence, learning, wisdom
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: doubt, intelligent, problems, smart, stupid, world
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    Lois McMaster Bujold
    “If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.”
    ― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth
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    Laurence J. Peter
    “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
    ― Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle
    tags: government, kidding, misattributed-mark-twain, stupidity
    1402 likes

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    Noam Chomsky
    “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
    ― Noam Chomsky, The Common Good
    tags: 1998
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    Brandon Mull
    “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven
    tags: mistakes
    1235 likes

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    Bertrand Russell
    “A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, keep-silent, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, silent, talk, wisdom
    801 likes

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    John Green
    “And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”
    ― John Green, Looking for Alaska
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    Ned Vizzini
    “I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.”
    ― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
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    William Blake
    “To generalize is to be an idiot.”
    ― William Blake
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: girl, marilyn-monroe
    423 likes

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    Richard P. Feynman
    “I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.”
    ― Richard Feynman
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: funny, humor, politics, usa
    338 likes

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    John C. Maxwell
    “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
    ― John C. Maxwell
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    Hippolyte Taine
    “I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
    ― Hippolyte Taine
    tags: animals, cats, intelligence, philosophers, smart, wisdom
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    Marilyn Manson
    “I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are stupid.”
    ― Marilyn Manson, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
    tags: marilyn-manson, people, stupidity
    296 likes

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  • #20
    If you can't do something smart, do something right.
    “If you can't do something smart, do something right.”
    ― Joss Whedon, Serenity
    tags: morality
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    Thomas Harris
    “Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?”
    ― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
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    Katherine Paterson
    “It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
    ― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
    tags: scared, smart
    317 likes

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    Markus Zusak
    “All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.”
    ― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
    tags: friends, smartass
    238 likes

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    Bill Gates
    “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
    ― Bill Gates
    tags: inspirational
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    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “I'm too young, too smart and too good-looking to die.”
    ― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Invincible
    tags: humor, humour
    220 likes

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    Stephen Hawking
    “The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
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    Jodi Picoult
    “On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, House Rules
    tags: aspergers, autism, cats
    215 likes

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  • #29
    Winston Groom
    “I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.”
    ― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump
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  • #30
    “You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.”
    ― Tina Fey
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