Very Clever Quotes - Page 3

• Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Clever, Today, Appeasement

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• If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.

  Patrice Leconte

  Clever, Giving, Cameras

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• The problem is, is when your focus is created by a crisis, then the frontal lobe shuts down essentially, the frontal cortex which is your intuitive intelligence. So you get very clever and very stupid in a crisis. Also, you pump adrenalin into your body from what you - physiologically you'll crash.

  David Allen

  Clever, Stupid, Focus

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

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• The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They are taking everything Bob Dole has ever said we ought to do regarding taxes and adding all of those things up and saying it will cost $800 billion.

  Bob Dole

  Clever, White, House

  "Dole to unveil Reaganesque economic plan". www.cnn.com. August 5, 1996.

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• One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Clever, People, Embarrassed

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.272, Modern Library

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• Now Einstein was a very clever man, with us all his philosophies he shared, He gave us the theory of relativity, which is E equals M C squared.

  Richard Digance

  Clever, Philosophy, Philosophical

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• Many are whispering that Voldemort must be behind it. However, that is the point: They whisper. They daren’t confide in each other, not knowing whom to trust; they are scared to speak out, in case their suspicions are true and their families are targeted. Yes, Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion: Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.

  J. K. Rowling

  Clever, Knowing, Speaks Out

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• You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the books of etiquette that Daphne's grandmother had forced on her didn't quite deal with this. Of course, silly people would say to babies, 'You're so sweet I could gobble you all up!', but that sort of nonsense seemed less funny when it was said by a man in war paint who owned more than one skull. Daphne, cursed with good manners, settled for, 'It's very kind of you to say so.

  Terry Pratchett

  Baby, Sweet, Clever

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• This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat.

  Charles Davenport

  Cheating, Clever, Cheat

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• Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect.

  Karin Slaughter

  Clever, Smart, Order

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• And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

  Suzanne Collins

  Clever, Wells, Peeta

  Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.253, Scholastic

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• That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down

  Eva Longoria

  Clever, Pregnancy, Typical

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• The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother.

  Louise Bourgeois

  Mother, Clever, Friendly

  "Giant spider takes up residence at Tate", www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2007.

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• You think you’re a very clever fellow, don’t you?” Saldur challenged. “No, Your Grace,” Merrick replied. “Clever is the man who makes a fortune selling dried-up cows, explaining how it saves the farmers the trouble of getting up every morning to milk them. I’m not clever—I’m a genius.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Morning, Clever, Men

  Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “Nyphron Rising”, p.99, Ridan Publishing

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• You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.

  Terry Pratchett

  Clever, Men, Brain

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Nation”, p.342, Random House

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• You and Teacher,” said Molly. “Yes,” said Peter. “She’s very clever. You’ll like her.” “I’m sure,” said Molly.

  Dave Barry

  Teacher, Clever, Like Her

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• My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

  Nico

  Clever, Dad, Great Men

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• The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

  Samuel West

  Clever, Russia, Ideas

  "Best of the West". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2007.

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• I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st!

  Anthony Minghella

  Girl, Clever, Kids

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• If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

  Patrice Leconte

  Clever, Giving, Directors

  "Arms Wide Open: Patrice Leconte Talks About 'Intimate Strangers'". www.indiewire.com. July 30, 2004.

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• People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

  Rory Bremner

  Clever, People, May

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• I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is. Many men who are very clever - much cleverer than the discoverers - never originate anything.

  Charles Darwin

  Clever, Science, Night

  Charles Darwin (2010). “The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29: “Erasmus Darwin” by Ernest Krause, with a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin; “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin” Edited by Nora Barlow; and Consolidated Index”, p.174, NYU Press

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• With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money...and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever manner. Monetary inflation is currently being offset by labor deflation. The way you avoid collapse is by printing money and stealing assets. The way you avoid inflation is with labor deflation.

  Catherine Austin Fitts

  Clever, Printing Money, Unemployment

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• But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!

  Suzanne Collins

  Clever, Worry, Coal

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• But it is a pipe." "No, it's not," I said. It's a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. It's very clever.

  John Green

  Clever, Drawing, Abstract

  "Fictional characters: Frannie, Hazel Grace Lancaster". The Fault in Our Stars, www.imdb.com. 2014.

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