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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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Destiny is a good thing to accept when its going your way. When it isnt, dont call it destiny call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck. – 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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True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. – Lord Mansfield

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. – William Penn

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

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I wouldnt say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. – Bette Midler

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