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Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller
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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.


Samuel Butler
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We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.
Marilyn Hacker
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In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of devilish wickedness.
Marion Bailey
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
George Allen, Sr.
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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.


David Bowie
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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
Jane Fonda
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I want to dip my foot in some acting. And most definitely want to mentor upcoming artists and give them the wisdom that was given to me.
Missy Elliott
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I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.


Andy Richter
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Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.
Natalie Massenet
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I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.


Anna Held
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One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'


Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
Sam Harris
If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.
Kevin McCarthy
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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
Hari Kunzru
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The cap-and-trade plan is more market driven than anything else. If you want to discourage carbon use, you have to make it more expensive, but what is crucial is that this be a worldwide program that includes China and India.
Phil Gramm
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Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.
Cynthia Kenyon
Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet.
Charles Duhigg
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Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.
Jahangir Khan
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We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.
Meghan Daum
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