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"Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible." »Margaret Mead
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"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." »Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940
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"Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible." »Margaret Mead
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"Only the mediocre are always at their best." »Jean Giraudoux
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"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world." »Lily Tomlin
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"Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius." »Robert A. Heinlein
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"It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp." »La Rochefoucauld
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." »Albert Einstein
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"Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system." »Frank Zappa, Liner notes from the album, "Freak Out," 1965
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"Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid." »Harlan Miller
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"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs us of the chance to be extraordinary and leads us to the mediocre." »Uta Hagan
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"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 Herbert Allen
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"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one." »Mary Kay Ash
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"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them." »Joseph Heller
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"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent." »Sophia Loren
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"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." »William Arthur Ward
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"The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love." »Tom Robbins
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"...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity." »Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", ch. 12
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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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