It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.

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Einstein, the famous physicist, had a very long and distinguished career. Many people were puzzled by his genius. They wanted to know how he could spend so much time doing absolutely nothing. Einstein’s response was that he didn’t have much else to do. He said it took about three years of just sitting around doing nothing to be a genius.

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