It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

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For me to say I wasn't a genius I'd just be lying to you and to myself ― Kanye West

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He's a smart guy, but I think I'm a genius. — Nonito Donaire

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Do not let anyone tell you what you can be. Do not let anyone tell you that you are not good enough or smart enough. Remember that nobody is better than you. Everybody puts on their pants one leg at a time.

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From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius. — Thomas Armstrong

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That’s what we provide you know what I’m saying. When you get DJ Khaled you sound bites. You get documentaries. My interviews will play ten years from now. I ain’t regular like these other people. This is DJ Khaled, this is special cloth alert. – DJ Khaled

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It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein

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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

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Geniuses are like ocean liners: they should never meet.

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Spare functional furniture, in my opinion, is the genius of 20th-century design. - Luca Guadagnino

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