This cuts both ways: Sooner or later, everyone makes mistakes, even evil genius types.

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We're stoked at what this development kit will make possible once it gets into the hands of some evil genius.

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It described him as an "incredibly talented man who played the role of an evil genius in the 1990s".

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For Ms Goldman, Bill Gates is a very evil genius indeed.

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Molina is the real draw of the film, opting not for the standard evil genius but for a good, sorrowing genius who is nudged into malice by boredom and bereavement.

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Angry leftists can complain all they want about Roger Ailes and his evil spawn, Fox News, but Ailes has a genius for picking genial TV hosts.

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Evil may be a powerful force, a seductive idea, but is it more powerful than genius, creativity, courage or generosity?

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