smartest

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The first thing I say to interns is, “We’re not doing neurosurgery here, but the smartest thing you could do is build relationships, connect with people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Reading her work feels like having lunch with your smartest, wisest, most empathetic friend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Not even baseball’s smartest computer systems saw them coming.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Richard was twenty-two, and one of the smartest people I knew, but he lacked a high school diploma.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover