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There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nearly every writer uses, of inserting at least one long, obscure word into each story. This makes the reader think that the man is very wise and clever. So I have the machine do the same thing. There'll be a whole stack of long words stored away just for this purpose." Where?" In the 'word-memory' section," he said, epexegetically.

Roald Dahl
wiseclevermemories
["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling. by Rob Lowe

["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling.

Rob Lowe
really-cleverstorytellingclever

Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled me from the kissing. "Don't," said Adrian, his eyes ablaze and breathing ragged. "What if there's a crisis at school?" I asked. "What if Angeline 'accidentally' stole one of the campus buses and drove it into the library?" "Why would she do that?" "Are you saying she wouldn't?" He sighed. "Go check it.

Richelle Mead
eyecleverschool

The interesting thing about Hain is that he's not a very interesting character. He's not fabulously clever. He's not a great policeman. He's not hugely charismatic. I'd describe him as a kind-of Chekhovian character. He's an ordinary bloke, to whom extraordinary things have happened. Which is quite hard to play, I have to say.

Robbie Coltraine
cleverplaycharacter

I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view of the world. Whereas New York is one of the most multicultural, multiracial, tolerant places on Earth.

Robbie Coltraine
new-yorkviewsclever
Belief gets in the way of learning. by Robert A. Heinlein

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Robert A. Heinlein
creativitycleverbelieve
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. by Robert A. Heinlein

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

Robert A. Heinlein
cleverlaughingmen
A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on bei... by Robert A. Heinlein

A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.

Robert A. Heinlein
one-linerprideclever
When one teaches, two learn. by Robert A. Heinlein

When one teaches, two learn.

Robert A. Heinlein
teachingclevereducation

I was very precocious. I was pleased with myself. I thought I was very good-looking and I thought I was very clever - and I was.

Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby
very-goodlooking-goodclever

Writers feel that they can't afford to wait. They must do it now, and they are so clever, and there is so much competition. I'm quite happy to wait, and quite confident that the muses will cross the stream.

Robert Dessaix
competitionwaitingclever
Never try to have the last word. You might get it. by Robert A. Heinlein

Never try to have the last word. You might get it.

Robert A. Heinlein
angerclevertrying
Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wir... by Robert Breault

Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wire us, we'll wire you.

Robert Breault
cleverpastideas
If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs... by Robert A. Heinlein

If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.

Robert A. Heinlein
smartcleverfunny
There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. by Rick Riordan

There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.

Rick Riordan
enoughcleverway

Who does not wish to be beautiful, and clever, and rich, and to have back, in old age, the time spent trying to be any of them.

Robert Breault
wishcleverbeautiful
We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the... by Robert Frost

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Robert Frost
secretcleverphilosophy

Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.

Robert Greene
eyecleverlying

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

Robert Harris
stupidclevermistake
If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever en... by Robert H. Schuller

If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution.

Robert H. Schuller
problemcreativeclever
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