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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant
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Oscar Levant
American
Composer
Born:
Dec 27
,
1906
Died:
Aug 14
,
1972
Topics
Genius
,
Insanity
,
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,
Fine Line
,
Between
,
Erased
,
Line
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Aristotle
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu
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What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
Henry David Thoreau
Motivational
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Marilyn Monroe
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Absolutely
Than
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Aldous Huxley
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Child
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Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Genius is initiative on fire.
Holbrook Jackson
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