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title: "7 Thought Genius Quotes by 7 authors"
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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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> [There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/there-is-something-at-the-bottom-of-every-new-human-thought-every/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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> [Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/mediocrity-has-no-greater-consolation-than-in-the-thought-that-genius/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-thought-which-genius-and-piety-throw-into-the-world-alters-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“When hit with a genius idea, people tend to say, "Well, if I sat down in a chair and really thought about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/when-hit-with-a-genius-idea-people-tend-to-say-well-if-i-sat-down-in/)

[Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/)

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> [But I think Cybil was my biggest fan. She cut out my articles and hung them in her locker and we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-nelson/but-i-think-cybil-was-my-biggest-fan-she-cut-out-my-articles-and-hung/)

[Blake Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-nelson/)

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> [“This thought is genius "Everybody dies. It's the one thing human beings can be relied upon to do. How can it still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/this-thought-is-genius-everybody-dies-it-s-the-one-thing-human-beings/)

[Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/)

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