Smart
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I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
I was a smart kid, but I hated school.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.
I'm always thirsty when I wake up, so I guzzle a bottle of Smart water before I scramble tofu with onions, peppers and spinach and top it with salsa. I've been a vegetarian for years, but I recently became vegan.
I know that Donald Trump is a smart man.
'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience.
I love working with smart people and being challenged. I also like working on stuff that's relevant. That's my adrenaline shot.
My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I've also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers — as a writer, they're a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one's life.