Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
Copy QuoteThe test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
Copy Quote View & ShareTalent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Copy Quote View & ShareA smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
Copy Quote View & ShareKnowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Copy Quote View & ShareOften the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
Copy Quote View & ShareSmall minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
Copy Quote View & ShareA man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
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