#mediocre

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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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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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre. ↗

— Uta Hagen

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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go. ↗

— Uta Hagen

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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

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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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The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#good #good mind #mediocre #mind #reasonably

Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops. ↗