"We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense."
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"belief is the death of intelligence."
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"Simplicity, not cleverness, can be the source of happiness."
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"An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. Can they be brought together? This is a practical question. We must get down to it. I despise intelligence really means: I cannot bear my doubts."
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"Let my love show you the way and give you guidance in the moment of need."
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"Love those wrongdoers, they need it more than you."
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"I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to hide it behind brown pants, and that the know-not-enoughs were laughed all the way to the Maine border on their first New Hampshire meet and greet. I wish that in order to secure his party's nomination, a presidential candidate would be required to point at the sky and name all the stars; have the periodic table of the elements memorized; rattle off the kings and queens of Spain; define the significance of the Gatling gun; joke around in Latin; interpret the symbolism in seventeenth-century Dutch painting; explain photosynthesis to a six-year-old; recite Emily Dickinson; bake a perfect popover; build a shortwave radio out of a coconut; and know all the words to Hoagy Carmichael's "Two Sleepy People," Johnny Cash's "Five Feet High and Rising," and "You Got the Silver" by the Rolling Stones. After all, the United States is the greatest country on earth dealing with the most complicated problems in the history of the world--poverty, pollution, justice, Jerusalem. What we need is a president who is at least twelve kinds of nerd, a nerd messiah to come along every four years, acquire the Secret Service code name Poindexter, install a Revenge of the Nerds screen saver on the Oval Office computer, and one by one decrypt our woes."
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"If I want to be anything, I want to be a messenger of peace."
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"To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be."
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"My mind is like a Zoo with no cages... Watch where you step"
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"Luck always favors those who are bold."
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"Have an appreciating eye to enjoy the beauty of sky."
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"Happiness is the gap between loving and longing."
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"Fun is never gone because life is fun."
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"National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds."
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"Happiness comes from loving and giving"
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"You attain happiness not by gaining, but by giving."
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"To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination."
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"Intelligence analysts should be self-conscious about their reasoning processes. They should think about how they make judgments and reach conclusions, not just about the judgments and conclusions themselves."
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"A person with the best strategy never gets angry."
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