[he has to take a minute and breathe because he almost sounds hysterical. Slow, deep, ragged, self-soothing breaths as he forces the reopened wound back closed again.]
I-it's all about being the right kind of smart. You can be an inventor, but you can't think too outside the box. You can be an innovator, but you have to stick to the status quo. You can be smart, but you can't be a genius. You can't want to learn, you can't care about knowledge for knowledge's sake.
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[he has to take a minute and breathe because he almost sounds hysterical. Slow, deep, ragged, self-soothing breaths as he forces the reopened wound back closed again.]
I-it's all about being the right kind of smart. You can be an inventor, but you can't think too outside the box. You can be an innovator, but you have to stick to the status quo. You can be smart, but you can't be a genius. You can't want to learn, you can't care about knowledge for knowledge's sake.