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genius

[jeen-yuhs] / ˈdʒin yəs /


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Because I think the genius of that film is the beautiful human thought behind the point of view of setting a Holocaust film in the general’s house over the wall in an opulent setting.

From Los Angeles Times

Neven is something of a legendary figure, part technological genius, part techno music enthusiast, who dresses like he has snowboarded here straight from the Burning Man music festival – for which he designs art.

From BBC

The sad part is these weren’t criminal geniuses.

From Los Angeles Times

Before he was hailed as a genius, Moylan grew up in Detroit as the youngest of six children.

From The Wall Street Journal

Irving was a schmaltzy genius, and his depiction of Columbus as “a brilliant visionary, ahead of his time” was exactly how Americans were beginning to view their own country.

From The Wall Street Journal