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Boldness has genius , power and magic in it'.
Here, his genius is exploited for a nauseating propaganda purpose – "but he could not do otherwise," recalls Anka.
Recalling his journalistic mentor, former Times editor Charlie Wilson, the brilliant Matthew Parris once said: "Charlie, foremost among others, instilled in me the understanding that journalism is a trade, not an art or a work of genius.
While it can be hard to tell at times whether or not she's in on the joke, in some moments (like this birthday tribute to Madonna) she's a knowing comedic genius , and it's clear that she's trying to make herself laugh as much as anyone else.
It is The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game which are the two films expected to predominate at this year's Baftas, the weirdly fortuitous pairing of two distinguished, intelligent, slightly theatrical performances and two brilliant British scientists cursed with the traditional qualities glibly associated with genius : shyness, loneliness, and disability of various sorts.
When you look back, there is a sort of political genius in being able to lose the Scots and terrify the English all at the same time.
Andrea Pirlo had been touted as the Gianfranco Zola or Gary McAllister de nos jours, but instead of going to either Chelsea or Liverpool, the midfield genius is off to New York City, which is the name of a soccer club as well these days.
I fear for the recognition of my genius.
For those who know little about Turner's life, it's a jolt to accept that the creator of paintings of genius was a faulty bloke with an intermittently uncivil tongue, a tendency to grunt and a contradictory attitude towards women.
A hugely influential writer of short stories, the sheer mass of his extremely uneven body of work – 300 stories, 200 articles, six novels, two plays, and three travel books churned out between 1880 and 1891 – can obscure his genius like clouds around an alp.
In a tradition that goes back to Durer's Melancholia but reached new power in the Romantic age, he equates genius and madness.
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The word "genius" primarily functions as a noun , referring to someone with exceptional intellectual or creative abilities. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something ingenious or very clever. Ludwig provides examples showcasing both usages, as seen in the examples provided.
Expression frequency: Very common
