Brilliance Quotes
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A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
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When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in spite of their wealth and position. When the intellectually brilliant, who should be reserved, instead show off, they are ignorant and foolish in their weakness in spite of their brilliance.
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Organization is simply the means by which the acts of ordinary men can be made to add up to extraordinary results. To this idea of progress that does not wait on some lucky break, some chance discovery, or some rare stroke of genius, but instead is achieved through systematic, cumulative effort, the engineer has contributed brilliantly.
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Brilliance is one part talent, two parts wisdom and three parts passion.
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We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.
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For every studen with a spark of brilliance, there are about ten with ignition trouble.
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You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.
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I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.
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Some men act upon women like champagne; when they appear the women are sparkling and full of brilliance; when they leave the fair ones grow flat, stale, and most unprofitable companions.
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Helping people develop their own brilliance is much more effective than giving them yours
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A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there
