"Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near."

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Fritz Kreisler

#Genius Quotes #Half Quotes #World Quotes

“America didn't have a drug problem before it passed drug laws.”
“Id like an omelet named after me.”
“It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go to a dictionary and look up starving artist, you'll see my picture.”
“The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldnâ€™t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door at midnight and demand to be respected as an individual. She could travel across the country in hopes of being appreciated for her scholarly achievements. But she still lacked the courage to ask for the one thing she wanted most. To be loved, just for herself.”
“There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.”
“A psychiatrist does not want you to wake up. He tells you to dream some more, to find the pond and pour more tears into it. And really, he's just another bird drinking from your misery.”
“Well look, I don't begrudge anybody in the voters and their views.”

Source : "Romney Attacks Gingrich II". Conference Call, jamiedupree.blog.ajc.com. September 12, 2014.
“Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.”

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