The Pocket Guide to Brilliance
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Punctuated with both sharp and dry wit, Bart King presents a wealth of
fascinating trivia.
Brilliant people are those who walk father, think deeper, and talk
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louder than the rest of us. They do what it takes to get the job done,
and then some.
Learn from masters of brilliance like:
The first female journalist, Anne Royall, who forced an interview
with John Quincy Adams by stealing his clothes while he was skinny
dipping!
Candidate John Lindsay, who released chickens at a speech by his
opponent, George Wallace, in order to shame Wallace into a debate.
Benjamin Franklin, the originator of phrases like "A learned
blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one," and "A man who
lives on hope, dies farting."
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