Genius is one percent inspiration‚ ninety-nine percent perspiration. * Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper’s Monthly (September 1932) * Variants: * None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. * Statement in a press conference (1929)‚ as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ Harvey
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The Cost of Genius When you hear the word “genius”‚ what does it mean to you? Does it bring to mind someone who has a high IQ? Of course it probably does. This is what we have had instilled in our minds throughout our lives‚ that a genius is someone who is incredibly brilliant. But who came up with this idea anyway? Who decided that certain things equal brilliance as compared to mediocrity? Did someone have the right to dictate to us that an IQ test score is what makes someone intelligent? Whoever
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Kimberly Avilez Phil 1301 Genius Aristotle provided the best foundation for the Theory of Forms. Being a pupil of such a great philosopher like Plato and considering the respect and admiration that Aristotle professed to his mentor‚ it had to be a challenge to respectfully provide strongest foundations. Regarding the Theory of Forms‚ Plato and Aristotle both use their definitions of ‘form’ to defeat their relative problems with knowledge. For both philosophers form is able to categorize all
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Albert Einstein supposedly once said “Everyone is a genius.” What he was trying to point out to us is that no matter what subject or issue‚ everyone has a talent where they excel‚ and (Coordination) in which they are classified as a genius. But what exactly is a genius? The dictionary states it as an exceptional natural capacity of intellect where intellect is the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands. However‚ there can be various types of geniuses: of the arts‚ inventors
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progressed but set ourselves back. Percy Julian’s story is one of many stories that depicted the struggle that blacks had to go through in his time to truly succeed in a world that viewed him as inferior. Before viewing the documentary‚ Forgotten Genius‚ I had never heard of Percy Lavon Julian. However‚ I feel grateful to have witnessed his inspiring story. He has impacted my life by being a part in paving the way for black excellence‚ his contributions to science‚ and by serving as an example of
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Normally‚ I would include quotes from the article but because we are using a plagiarism tool online‚ I thought it would consider direct quotes as plagiarism even if I cite the source in my write up. The article I chose is called‚ “Synthesis of a Genius” by George Kauffman and Steven Chooljian. The area of exploration and discovery that I chose was the synthesis of urea in chemistry. Urea was discovered by Friedrich Wohler‚ in 1828. This discovery ultimately changed the belief at the time that
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Between their respective poems‚ a theme of sexual frustration can be seen in both John Wilmot’s “The Imperfect Enjoyment” and Mark Strand’s “Courtship.” What distinguishes these poems from each other is the type of sexual frustration being portrayed in the poem and how the speaker deals with said frustration. By looking at this shared theme in these poems from different time periods‚ there can be better understanding on how sexuality has changed in recent centuries. “The Imperfect Enjoyment” begins
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EAR West Side HS Science Credit Recovery Ape Genius Name ____________________________________ FG ________________________ Credit Recovery Course ________________________________________________ Teacher ________________________________ Year/Cycle _______________ Part 1: Background One of the ongoing discussions in behavioral research is about whether the non-human great apes (chimps‚ bonobos‚ orangutans‚ and gorillas) are as intelligent as human beings. Intelligence refers to the ability
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Tuohy 1 Mikki Tuohy ENG 390 Dr. Buttram December 12‚ 2008 Grading Feminist Theory The poem “Marks” by Linda Pastan is a short piece that focuses on a housewife’s duties being graded by her family as if it were her homework. The wife is graded by her husband‚ son and daughter using different three grading systems‚ each time being told that she could do better‚ but ends by saying that the family should “Wait ‘til they learn / I’m dropping out” (10-11). In an interview on “The Newshour with Jim
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The author of The Geography of Genius‚ Eric Weiner‚ communicates the idea that geniuses are in fact by-products of their culture‚ rather than cocktails of extraordinary genetics. Furthermore‚ Weiner believes that there is a close connection to the geniuses’ setting and its innovations. An excellent example is Vienna’s musical golden age‚ in which masterful composers such as Mozart and Beethoven flourished. Weiner perfectly captures the essence of what made the talented composers into the Viennese
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