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> [“Just because you consider yourself a genius does not mean you are smart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-w-boyer/just-because-you-consider-yourself-a-genius-does-not-mean-you-are/)

[Mark W Boyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-w-boyer/)

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> [I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-fischer/i-consider-myself-to-be-a-genius-who-happens-to-play-chess/)

[Bobby Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-fischer/)

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> [I don't consider myself a genius or a magician or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-cora/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-genius-or-a-magician-or-whatever/)

[Alex Cora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-cora/)

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> [If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/if-people-knew-how-hard-i-worked-at-my-art-they-would-not-consider-me/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/michelangelo-2976_art_if-people-knew-how-hard-i-worked-at-my-a_1926513.jpg)

> [I consider myself a genius because, when you talk about anything and everything, you a genius to me. It's just about makin'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-consider-myself-a-genius-because-when-you-talk-about-anything-and/)

[Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/)

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> [I have a lot of respect for L. Ron Hubbard and I consider him to be a genius and perhaps less acknowledged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-erhard/i-have-a-lot-of-respect-for-l-ron-hubbard-and-i-consider-him-to-be-a/)

[Werner Erhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-erhard/)

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> [A man may be a great statesman, and yet dislike his wife, and like somebody else's. A man may be a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ouida/a-man-may-be-a-great-statesman-and-yet-dislike-his-wife-and-like/)

[Ouida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ouida/)

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> [My father was an extremely brilliant man. I consider him a genius, and so he probably could have joined Mensa. But why?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laffoley/my-father-was-an-extremely-brilliant-man-i-consider-him-a-genius-and/)

[Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laffoley/)

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> [I wouldn't want to compare myself to David Byrne whom I consider a genius, but what I think what we have in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-wouldn-t-want-to-compare-myself-to-david-byrne-whom-i-consider-a/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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