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“The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. The difference between stupid and intelligent people-and this is true whether or not they are well-educated-is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations-in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.”

“Los Angeles people are incapable of passively mainlining TV and movies. Here you have to read who produced or directed every episode, who wrote it, who had guests shots and whether you know them personally and if they like you. You have to figure out who everybody's agent is and whether yours is better. You not only know but deeply care about the difference between such job titles as Producer, Supervising Producer, and Executive Story Editor. ... So while the rest of the country is lying stupid in a media-induced coma, people in L.A. are in constant withdrawal.”

Source: Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye

“What Americans don't care much about is the piffle we put on TV these days, what they don't care about is boring, irrelevant, badly told stories, and what they really hate is the presumption that they're too stupid to know the difference.”

Knows Stories Care Hate Differences Stupid Tvs Don't Care Boring These Days Irrelevant Presumption

Author:Christiane Amanpour

“Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.”

Differences Stupid Authority Insight Brilliant Drivers Professors Bus Stupid Things Bus Driver

Book:The art of listening

Source: The art of listening

“Democrats are dumb and Republicans are stupid, but the difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn't funny. Dumb is when you say something and the whole room goes, 'What did he say?'”

Whole Differences Rooms Stupid Republican Democrat Dumb

Author:Lewis Black

“Putting aside all the things that are said about Hillary [Clinton], my main difference with her is on the vision of what kind of society will make people's lives better. So this is a vision of society in which people are too evil or stupid to run their own lives, but those in power are perfectly capable of running everybody else's lives because they're so much smarter.”

People Kind Said Running Evil Differences Vision Stupid Capable Clinton Smarter

Author:Charles Koch

“She then played a short 5-second clip of Gruber, saying the following, that a part of the Obamacare passed because 'the American people are too stupid to understand the difference.'”

People Differences Stupid Following Notable Obamacare Clip

Author:Alexander Viets Griswold

“It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.”

People Ifs Want Fighting Differences Hurt Levels Crime Stupid Exercise Making A Difference Unnecessary It Hurts Hurt Me

Author:Ian MacKaye

“Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.”

Thinking Made Home Differences Teacher Stupid Cry Students Faults Scary Math Friendly Coming Home Frustrated I Was Stupid New Teachers

Author:Danica McKellar

“George Bush is not stupid. He's evil. OK? There's a huge difference between stupid and evil.”

Evil Differences Stupid Huge Not Stupid

Author:Patton Oswalt

“I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!”

Thinking Asks Differences Courage Knowing Stupid Dumb Not Knowing Ditzy

Author:Jessica Simpson

“The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.”

People Wells Differences Stupid Intelligent Aging Handle Educated Subtlety Well Educated

Book:The Diamond Age

Source: The Diamond Age

“I feel something very small growing inside me as I look at her, and I realize in one absolutely clear moment that I don't like her at all. 'You know what?' I say. 'Forget it. I'll do the list by myself.' She stands up, swings her stupid hair about and tries to look offended. It's a trick that works with guys, but it makes no difference to the way I feel about her.”

Knows Way Feels Trying Looks Moments Guy Realizing Differences Forget Clear Growing Stupid Hair Lists Tricks Swings Offended Forget It Like Her

Author:Jenny Downham

“People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.”

People Thinking Want Believe Facts Might Lying Motivation Belief Given Differences Stupid Fool Easier Being True True People

Author:Terry Goodkind