#mediocre

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

— Simone de Beauvoir

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Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

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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

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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

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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