#mediocre

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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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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Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. ↗

— Orson Welles

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No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention. ↗

— M. Night Shyamalan

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I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason. ↗

— Joe Shuster

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Only the mediocre are always at their best. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

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