"Every man is a potential genius until he does something."

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Source : "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

#Men Quotes #Doe Quotes #Genius Quotes

“It is hard to compare over generations. I think a lot of the top talent is choosing other fields. We look pretty hard - we put a lot of time and effort into finding talent.”
“If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.”
“Fanon calls his ideology a new humanism, not only in contrast to the elite humanism of the West, but also on the axiom that the wretched of the earth, understood socially, think and thus must be a basis of a new politics. This, of course, is not achieved immediately, but it must become an explicit element of the struggle for liberation.”
“August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.”
“I don't claim to have an answer to every question, but I promise you I have a question for every answer.”
“World peace will never come until the passion of supremacy is combated.”
“Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.”
“In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This begins with an understanding of the diversity of people's gifts and talents and skills. Recognizing diversity gives us the chance to provide meaning, fulfillment and purpose, which are not to be relegated solely to private life any more than such things as love, beauty and joy. The art of leadership lies in polishing and liberating and enabling those gifts.”

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