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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

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."