#average

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority. ↗

— James S. Coleman

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On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

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The average American is nothing if not patriotic. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will. ↗

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. ↗

— Robert Fripp

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Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. ↗

— Larry Elder

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I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12. ↗

— Shaun White

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