#average person

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach. ↗

— Peter Drucker

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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

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I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic. ↗

— Martha Reeves

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I always felt good about myself. I was just an average person. I always felt I could do anything anyone else could. If an average person makes up their mind to do something, they can. ↗

— Larry Holmes

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I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am. ↗

— DMX

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When I started my last business, I didn't receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can't handle that pressure. ↗

— Robert Kiyosaki

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They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do. ↗

— George Sutherland

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There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

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I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent. ↗

— Willie Aames

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