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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage. ↗

— Bruce Henderson

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My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing. ↗

— Mother Jones

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We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason. ↗

— Philip Kearny

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I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them. ↗

— Mary Ann Mobley

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When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own "acres of diamonds." ↗

— Earl Nightingale

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Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. ↗

— John George Nicolay

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My name can raise money on a small-budget film. ↗

— Samantha Morton

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