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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was th

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. – Joseph Heller

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The one who pleased everybody died before they were born. – Proverb

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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. – Fournier

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. – Epicurus

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