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title: "6 Genius Rare Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schwab/the-inventor-the-man-with-a-unique-specialized-talent-is-the-only/)

[Charles M. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schwab/)

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> [...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/that-genius-is-a-rare-exception-it-s-not-true-talent-and-genius-have/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-thurman/if-but-a-few-live-coals-are-found-in-a-mountain-of-ashes-no-one/)

[Wallace Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-thurman/)

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> [Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/genius-is-rare-because-the-means-of-becoming-one-have-not-been/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [To complicate things in new ways, that is really very easy; but to see things in new ways, that is difficult and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/to-complicate-things-in-new-ways-that-is-really-very-easy-but-to-see/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/gertrude-stein-667_complicate_to-complicate-things-in-new-ways-that-is_2697277.jpg)

> [I do not believe, as do so many musicians, that genius should be left to fight its way to the light. Genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/i-do-not-believe-as-do-so-many-musicians-that-genius-should-be-left/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

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