"Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual."

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Source : Otto Weininger (1906). “Sex & Character”, p.103, Рипол Классик

Otto Weininger

#May Quotes #Genius Quotes #Common Quotes

“Jewish women are very exciting, as exciting sexually as any other group. Even so, my advice to a young man marrying a Jewish girl would be to have three and a half years of foreplay. Of course, most girls in every group are reserved about getting down to it. They don't usually do it right away. But once they do it, women are bananas. They don't wanna do it, you can't make them do it, there's no way they'll do it - but once they do it, they don't let you alone.”
“The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time,Â yet be wise enough to know you will fall short.”
“Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.”

Source : Interview with Michael Jarrett, www2.york.psu.edu. November 8, 1987.
“Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth.”
“There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
“Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.”
“Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they really are”
“Life is adventure. Travel is adventure at a different address.”

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