#mediocre

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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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

#anything #because #being #concluding #contrary

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. ↗

— Mary Kay Ash

#further #generates #go #great #great idea

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

— Simone de Beauvoir

#feels #himself #males #mediocre #most

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. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#avid #difficult #drive #faith #further

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. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#come #first #first of all #great #i

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England. ↗

— John Corigliano

#automatically #because #british #composer #england

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#good #i #liked #material #mediocre

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#black #black comedy #comedy #errors #great

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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