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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,129 posts)
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 03:04 PM Oct 2017

Being intelligent is like being cool.

If you are it, you don't flaunt it. You just are.

Did you ever hear Tom Petty bragging about how cool he was?

“People don’t understand, I went to an Ivy League college. I was a nice student. I did very well. I'm a very intelligent person."--Donald Trump


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Being intelligent is like being cool. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 OP
True rock Oct 2017 #1
Trump is a fucking moron. MontanaMama Oct 2017 #2
Now where have I heard something like this before? oh yeah mulsh Oct 2017 #3
How about being a wealthy great business person ? JI7 Oct 2017 #4
Donnie, there's a reason "people don't understand". Mariana Oct 2017 #5
When I say we'll be cool I think you know what I mean. Iggo Oct 2017 #6
He'll never be accused of being too self-effacing. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2017 #7

rock

(13,218 posts)
1. True
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 03:43 PM
Oct 2017

Inevitably a give away. You let other people brag about how good you are at something -or- you do it yourself if you're not.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
5. Donnie, there's a reason "people don't understand".
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 06:23 PM
Oct 2017

I wonder if you're intelligent enough to figure out what that reason is.

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