#mediocrity

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

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The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged. ↗

— Sean Penn

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Everything about mediocrity kills me. ↗

— Ivanka Trump

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The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake. ↗

— Nelson Boswell

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