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“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
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- Attributed interview
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.70
- Indexed:
- 2026-05-01
- Hash:
- 25c246d46ac6b061355a847949ffc8d224b80058e40d23a51ac31838978f04da
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