Clever Quotes
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I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to amuse the parents who will no doubt be reading the book over and over and over again.
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Throughout history, people have enjoyed playing both silly and clever games.
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This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful!
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If I had one wish I'd wish for a million wishes because I am clever.
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If you're racist you're not that clever. I mean, you couldn't even figure out that we're all the f---ing same
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This is very clever; I wrote it myself.
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A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.
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It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their being uncommon -- that is, saying things that are different from what everyone else is saying. There is only so much genuine originality in anyone. After that, being uncommon means indulging in pointless eccentricities or clever attempts to mock or shock.
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Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives
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I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.
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The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.
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Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you?
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Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world, and others failed miserably.
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They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
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Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever.
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There's been so many different types of musicals and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes a genius to know how to do it.
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I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.
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A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest.
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Every system that we build will surprise us with new kinds of flaws until those machines become clever enough to conceal their faults from us.
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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
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Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president.
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...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble. "...knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.
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The gap between a dumb and a clever person may appear large from an anthropocentric perspective, yet in a less parochial view the two have nearly indistinguishable minds.
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Navigating the studio system has its own challenges, and, as a producer, you want to be astute and clever.
