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Quote by John Steinbeck
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. – John Steinbeck

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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. – John Steinbeck

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Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas. – Bobby Ray Inman

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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. – Simone Weil

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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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I need to add that my work on multiple intelligences received a huge boost in 1995 when Daniel Goleman published his book on emotional intelligence. I am often confused with Dan. Initially, though Dan and I are longtime friends, this confusion irritated me. – Howard Gardner

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