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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
Lawrence Durrell
Genius
Laughter
Men
Young
Intervened
Out
Mercifully
Like
Young Men
Set
I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
Lawrence Welk
Creative
Genius
Innovator
Never
Been
Creative Genius
I'm a bordering genius.
Lee Ryan
Genius
Estelle Getty used the language of a truck driver, or a sailor. Bea Arthur didn't wear shoes. Bea Arthur was a comic genius. Her timing was extraordinary.
Leland Orser
Genius
Language
Shoes
Timing
Extraordinary
Wear
Driver
Truck
Truck Driver
Comic
Sailor
Arthur
Used
Her
There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
Lena Headey
Genius
Ugly
Made
Relation
Monster
Herself
Everyone
Charlize Theron
Perceived
Inverse
Between
Talent
Like
Look
She
Looks
Said
Suddenly
The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived.
Leon Krier
Genius
Problem
Problems
Car
Resolve
Enormous
Solution
Tried
Drew
Something
Paris
He
Idea
Conceived
Most
Demolish
Bloody
Dictators
Artist
Order
Which
Centre
Even
Adapt
Undereye patches are genius. From traveling, I get really puffy under my eyes. Klorane Smoothing and Relaxing Patches are a great ten-minute trick to look refreshed. They're perfect for moms running on no sleep.
Lily Aldridge
Great
Eyes
Refreshed
Genius
Relaxing
Trick
Running
Perfect
Look
Patches
Get
Really
Moms
Traveling
Puffy
Sleep
Tracey Cunningham is my colorist, and she is genius! We match my color from when I was a kid.
Lily Aldridge
Genius
Kid
Color
She
Match
Cunningham
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Great
You
People
Genius
Thinking
Way
About
Write
Know
Geniuses
Great Way
Show
I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too.
Lin Dan
Work
Genius
Work Hard
Win
Teammates
Believe
Too
Other
Like
Am
Just
Title
Worked
Hard
I don't know what 'genius' even means. It's just a matter of keeping your eye on the ball.
Lindsey Buckingham
Genius
Matter
Eye
Know
Ball
Just
Means
Your
Even
Keeping
Nick Hornby's a genius.
Lisa Jewell
Genius
Nick
Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.
Louise Penny
Life
Success
Jealous
Me
Writing
Genius
Wonderful
My Life
Nothing
Every
Too
Others
Say
Tell
See
Write
Self-Absorbed
Attempted
Had
How
Am
Decade
Far
Realize
Novel
Now
Applaud
A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame - has always called my name. And after seeing 'True Detective,' can there be any doubt that the storytelling on TV is as genius as it gets?
Luanne Rice
Genius
Doubt
Films
Way
Television
TV
Dream
Detective
Seeing
Feature
Feature Films
Writers
Lifetime
True
Name
True Detective
Hall
Hallmark
Always
Lot
Fame
Gets
Any
After
Storytelling
Spare functional furniture, in my opinion, is the genius of 20th-century design.
Luca Guadagnino
Genius
Design
Furniture
Opinion
In My Opinion
Spare
Functional
I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.
Lucy Punch
Buy
Genius
Sometimes
Few
Nothing
Sun
Tabloids
Headlines
Read
Witty
Times
Did
Just
The London Olympic Opening Ceremony was excellent. The mixture of old and new, of classic and contemporary was a beautiful reflection of Great Britain. Danny Boyle is a genius.
Ludovico Einaudi
Beautiful
Great
Genius
Reflection
Old
Great Britain
Danny
London
Classic
Excellent
New
Opening
Contemporary
Mixture
Ceremony
Olympic
Britain
To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.
Lukas Foss
Genius
Indeed
Would
Qualities
Understand
Contradictory
Mozart
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
Lydia M. Child
Natural
Genius
Language
Eye
Always
Pathos
Expression
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Constitution
Genius
Political
Invention
Rich
Our
Institutions
Principles
Shelter
Fertility
American
Enduring
Room
Rooted
Ample
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.
Lytton Strachey
Genius
Simplicity
Language
Single
Unity
Latin
Clarity
Restraint
Triumphed
Direction
Most
French
French Language
Stock
Contrary
Descended
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
Madame de Stael
Genius
Power
Innocence
Both
Noble
Qualities
Candor
The most common thing over the years is, 'What's it like to work with David Lynch?' That's absolutely the fascination, whether it's people that are in the industry or it's just diehard fans. Because he's our modern-day master. We're lucky enough to be alive at the time that an absolute master and genius is working.
Madchen Amick
Work
Time
People
Genius
Fans
Master
Enough
Our
Alive
Absolute
David
Absolutely
David Lynch
He
Over
Like
Most
Industry
Because
Years
Diehard
Just
Common
Whether
Modern-Day
Working
Fascination
Lucky
Thing
Fullscreen is doing some really interesting work. They are taking these YouTube stars and people who have made entire careers out of social media and bringing them into an even bigger limelight on a new entrepreneur platform - and that's fascinating! That's genius to me.
Madeline Brewer
Work
Me
People
Genius
Entrepreneur
Social Media
Made
YouTube
Stars
Out
Some
Entire
Taking
New
Limelight
Doing
Bigger
Interesting
Social
Them
Interesting Work
Really
Who
Fascinating
Even
Platform
Media
Bringing
Careers
Miyazaki is a genius. He is the legend.
Makoto Shinkai
Genius
Legend
He
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
Malcolm Cowley
You
Genius
Possess
Possesses
Talent
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