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• This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.

  Angelina Jolie

  Usual, Scripts, Behavior

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• The change that I never fall into is the, 'I'm-above-you-look-at-me-do-stuff-for-me change.' The change that I'm hoping I get to is where I become wiser, smarter - where I put myself in situations that don't have a huge potential for disaster.

  Jeremy Lin

  Fall, Looks, Stuff

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• It doesn’t matter how smart you are, Enigma is always smarter.

  Joan Clarke

  Smart, Science, Matter

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• I measure what's going on, and I adapt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.

  Martin Zweig

  Ego, Trying, Way

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• Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Smart, Harder, Knows

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• Professors of Greek forget or are unaware that Thomas Aquinas, who did not know Greek, was a better interpreter of Aristotle than any of them have proved to be, not only because he was smarter but because he took Aristotle more seriously.

  Allan Bloom

  Greek, Philosopher, Forget

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• You can’t bounce off the walls If there are no walls: outdoor schools make kids happier—and smarter

  David Sobel

  Wall, School, Kids

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• The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Clever, People, World

  Kurt Vonnegut (2010). “Slapstick or Lonesome No More”, p.69, Random House

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• In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Dog, Ordinary, Green

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• Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

  Claudette Colbert

  Men, Hair, Grows

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• If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?

  Calvin Trillin

  Military, Smart, Mean

  Calvin Trillin (1987). “Uncivil liberties”, Penguin Group USA

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• People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

  Ruben Blades

  People, Giving, Credit

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• Evolution is smarter than you are.

  Leslie Orgel

  Evolution

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• Of the two smartest creatures on the earth, man and the dolphin, each thought they were smarter than the other. Man thought he was smarter because he built many things and did much work, while the dolphins just played all day. The dolphins thought they were smarter for the same reason.

  Gershon Legman

  Men, Two, Dolphins

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• There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.

  Ed Rollins

  Bills, Politician, Clinton

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• People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes you feel smarter. In fact, I think it actually means you are smarter, but I have no hard data to support that.

  Tom Bodett

  Taken, Mean, Thinking

  "Actually, Motel 6 Doesn't Leave the Light on for You". Interview with Kimberly D. Williams, adage.com. August 30, 2007.

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• Everyone knows that exercise can improve your health. Exercise is a key part of managing your weight and maintaining healthy hearts, lungs, and other bodily systems. But did you know that exercise can make you more productive? The latest research shows that a regular exercise routine can make you happier, smarter, and more energetic.

  Robert Pozen

  Heart, Exercise, Keys

  "Exercise Increases Productivity" by Robert Pozen, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2012.

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• We are the greatest computers in this world, but now we've created the smart phone which is smarter than us now, but we're still making dumb decisions. We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.

  Bootsy Collins

  Smart, Phones, Decision

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• I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self, Gains, Attention

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• I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

  Jim Goad

  Thinking, White, People

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• I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.

  Patrick J. Adams

  Thinking, Hbo, Hands

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my mouth to let those big words come on out.

  Peter Gabriel

  Thinking, Use, Mouths

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• But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter.

  Tyson Gay

  Believe, Wiser, Train

  "Tyson Gay" by Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. There needs to be a fabric that connects all these devices. That's what we do.

  Drew Houston

  Mean, Data, Car

  "How Did This 28-Year-Old Frat Boy End Up Worth $600 Million? A Dropbox FAQ". Interview with Nicholas Carlson, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2011.

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