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I am not sure that I am that smart. I think we work harder. When I was at university, there were a lot of smarter people than me, and they seem not to have done quite so well.

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

I think I'm pretty smart. I think I'm pretty clever. But there's a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.

My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.

I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.