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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.


Arthur Conan Doyle
The Volkswagen Group has proved that it can remain firmly on track even when the terrain is slippery.
Martin Winterkorn
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Whether one welcomes or deplores it, nothing is more surely and exactly characteristic of modern times than the irresistible invasion of the human world by technology. Mechanism invading like a tide all the places of the earth and all forms of social activity.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.


Anne Rice
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There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.
Charles R. Swindoll
I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.
Michelle Shocked
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To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.


Dave Barry
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A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.
Jonathan Sacks
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There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.
Erma Bombeck
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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.
John Wooden
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Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.


Ellen Glasgow
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Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.
Stephen Jay Gould
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The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
William J. H. Boetcker
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There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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I used to play a lot of electric guitar. I don't really consider myself a guitar player anymore. Then I got really into how the pickups work. And winding and de-winding Telecaster pickups. And then building Telecasters. And I became more fascinated with making them than I was with actually playing them. So it's a slippery slope.
Sturgill Simpson
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Science is imagination in the service of the verifiable truth, and that service is indeed communal. It cannot be rigidly planned. Rather, it requires freedom and courage and the plural contributions of many different kinds of people who must maintain their individuality while giving to the group.
Gerald Edelman
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.


Han Suyin
We are moving into a world where companies will be able to offer us products and services based on our last two hours of activity. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time.
Robert Scoble
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The Beijing Olympics were an exercise in Chinese soft power. Americans have the 'Voice of America' and the Fulbright scholarships. But, the fact is, in fact, that probably Hollywood and MTV and McDonalds have done more for American soft power around the world than any specifically government activity.
Shashi Tharoor
On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
Oren Peli
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