"Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise."

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Christopher Ricks

#People Quotes #Connections Quotes #Genius Quotes

“Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits - but no.”
“As we live in the Spirit, we live in the process of Godâ€™s mind”
“Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you'll kill me?" "No" Simon said, "If you hurt Clary she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons.”
“When you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.”
“I'm not interested to change about the government. I'm interested to change the conditions for the people. So, yes, I talk a lot. But I think this is the only way for Italy in this moment.”
“Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.”
“I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.”
“True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.”

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