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• You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for our anguish.

  Charles Baxter

  Smart, Party, Looks

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• All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.

  Steve Harvey

  Relationship, Sports, Smart

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• Too pissed off to cry, I said, 'This is only making me hate her. I don't want to hate her. And what's the point, if that's all it's making me do?' Still refusing to answer how and why questions. Still insisting on an aura of mystery. I leaned forward, head between by knees, and the Colonel placed a head on my upper back. 'The point is that there are always alsweres, Pudge.' And then he pushed air out between his pursed lips and I could hear the angry quiver in his voice as he repeated, 'There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.' ~Miles/Pudge and Chip/the Colonel, pg 168

  John Green

  Hate, Smart, Air

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.125, Penguin

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• Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

  Terry Pratchett

  Smart, Dumb, Trying

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Unseen Academicals: (Discworld Novel 37)”, p.159, Random House

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• If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.

  Karen Horney

  Smart, Would Be, Decided

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• Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

  Karl Rove

  Smart, Winning, Dumb

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• When you get hit that's when you've got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit and not get hit, and at the same time be exciting. That's what professional boxing is about. You've got to be clever, you've got to be smart, and not get hit, and when you're able to do this, you're a fighter.

  Cus D'Amato

  Clever, Smart, Boxing

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• I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Smart, Book, Kids

  "To Do Well In Life, You Have To 'Read Well'". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. January 10, 2012.

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• I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have.

  Linus Pauling

  Smart, Theoretical Physics, People

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• You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.

  John F. Kerry

  Smart, Iraq, Effort

  "Uproar over Kerry Iraq remarks". www.nbcnews.com. November 1, 2006.

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• Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying.

  Wahb ibn Munabbih

  Smart, Lying, Islamic

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• Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment became ever more compelling as Berkshire's capital mushroomed and the universe of investments that could significantly affect our results shrank dramatically. Therefore, we adopted a strategy that required our being smart and not too smart at that, only a very few times. Indeed, we now settle for one good idea a year.

  Warren Buffett

  Mistake, Smart, Long Ago

  Financial Review, 1985.

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• No matter what your dream is, you can make that dream a reality, ... If you dream about being a millionaire, you can be that. All you have to do is study and be smart.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Dream, Smart, Reality

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• The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' - they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.'

  Keith Olbermann

  Jobs, Smart, People

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• If I had a daughter, I would tell her certain things. I would tell her that it’s great to be smart, really smart - that being smart makes you strong. I would tell her that emotions are powerful, so don’t be afraid to show them. I would tell her that some people may judge you on how you look or what you wear - that’s just how it is - but you should keep your focus on what you say and do. I would tell her that she may see the world differently from boys, and that difference is essential and good.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Daughter, Strong, Powerful

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• Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Wise, Smart, Want

  "Why Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Buy the 'Burden of Celebrity'". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 22, 2014.

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• The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you're probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It's just that simple.

  Charlie Munger

  Smart, Winning, Simple

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• Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?

  Adolph Zukor

  Smart, Television, Instruments

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• People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don't fall for the bullshit.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Smart, Fall, People

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• These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and look after themselves, that's all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!

  Ajahn Chah

  Wise, Smart, Order

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• There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

  Freeman A. Hrabowski III

  Smart, Environment, Really Cool

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• I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.

  Aaron Allston

  Smart, Stupid, Dumb

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• Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But what’s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.

  Vitali Klitschko

  Smart, Fighting, Thinking

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• Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.

  James Surowiecki

  Smart, Thinking, Way

  "Digital Transformation - Part II: Collective Intelligence Is the Game Changer" by Rod Collins, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2017.

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• The fact that cognitive diversity matters does not mean that if you assemble a group of diverse but thoroughly uninformed people, their collective wisdom will be smarter than an expert's. But if you can assemble a diverse group of people who possess varying degrees of knowledge and insight, you're better off entrusting it with major decisions rather than leaving them in the hands of one or two people, no matter how smart those people are.

  James Surowiecki

  Wisdom, Smart, Mean

  James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.31, Anchor

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