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Genius is sorrows child. - John Adams

Genius is sorrows child. – John Adams

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Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. – John Adams

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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. – John Adams

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Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – John Adams

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction. – E.F. Schumacher

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Every true genius is bound to be naive. – J.C.F. von Schiller

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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. – E.B. White

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Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail. – Bram Cohen

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Brevity is the soul of lingerie. – Dorothy Parker

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Id rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. – Robert H. Schuller

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