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title: "7 Genius Don Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust hard work, perseverance and determination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-bother-about-genius-don-t-worry-about-being-clever-trust-hard/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/i-never-thought-of-myself-as-being-a-genius-i-don-t-know-what-genius/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

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> [Todd Rundgren is a genius, and I don't use that word a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-steinman/todd-rundgren-is-a-genius-and-i-don-t-use-that-word-a-lot/)

[Jim Steinman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-steinman/)

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> [Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-fischer/genius-it-s-a-word-what-does-it-really-mean-if-i-win-i-m-a-genius-if/)

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

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> [“People think it’sfun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dharma-hazari/people-think-it-sfun-to-be-a-super-genius-but-they-don-t-realize-how/)

[Dharma Hazari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dharma-hazari/)

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> [Am I crazy or am I a genius? I don't think I'm either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/am-i-crazy-or-am-i-a-genius-i-don-t-think-i-m-either/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

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> [Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-steffens/keep-your-baby-eyes-which-are-the-eyes-of-genius-on-what-we-don-t-know/)

[Lincoln Steffens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-steffens/)

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