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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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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. – Joseph Heller

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

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Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. – Yogi Berra

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Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper. – Gerald Early

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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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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. – Voltaire

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Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure. – Rachel Naomi Remen

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I honestly dont know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it. – Peter Singer

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People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. Ive seen statistics that are just staggering. – Michael Zaslow

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