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«Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre»
Author: Chet Atkins (Guitarist) | Keywords: mediocre
«A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably»
«I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man»
Author: Juanita Kreps | About: Achievement | Keywords: mediocre, to the point
«A best seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent»
«A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.»
«First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.»
Author: Michael Caine | About: Choice | Keywords: first of all, mediocre, rent, roles
«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 so much further than people with vastly superior talent.»
«A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is ''sensitive';' or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture / in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.»
«A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one.»
«Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.»

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