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Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.
by Raymond Queneau (Poet, French , born in 1903) keywords: characters, context, everything, historical, important, interest, many, mediocre, novelists, place, precise, remains, secondary, sometimes, spite, stories, take, them, well-defined, which , whose There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.
by Jill Robinsonkeywords: anything, deal, extraordinary, less, life, love, many, mediocre, than, them, things, time, too , waste Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) topics: Love keywords: absence, candles, diminishes, extinguishes, fans, fires, great, increases, mediocre, ones, passions , wind Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: anything, beyond, dismiss, mediocre, minds, own, reaches, their, understanding, usually , which This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well.
by Sean William Scott (Actor, American , born in 1976) keywords: big, came, even, great, guys, his, idea, jay, made, mediocre, opportunity, really, script, specific, together, very , well I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.
by Joe Shuster (Artist, Canadian , born in 1914) keywords: best, complete, day, enjoyed, evidently, had, hated, job, lot, mediocre, page, pride, produce, reason, some, three, took, two, very, work , writers I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time.
by Nancy Sinatra (Musician, American , born in 1940) keywords: because, good, liked, material, mediocre, really, recording, successful, time , voice Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Writer, Scottish , born in 1850) keywords: ambitious, attempts, conceived, console, discourage, generally, mediocre, mediocrity, most, our, pocket, their, them, use , wisdom While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.
by Robert Teeter (Politician, American , born in 1939) keywords: adversaries, almost, being, competent, every, forceful, friendly, gets, his, honest, intelligent, just, leader, leads, mediocre, poor, potential, president, ratings, relatively, seen, sincere, soft, state, strong, support , while No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
by Alan Turing (Mathematician, English , born in 1912) keywords: after, american, brain, company, developing, interested, just, mediocre, powerful, president, something, telegraph , telephone The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
by William Arthur Ward (Writer, American , born in 1921) keywords: demonstrates, explains, good, great, inspires, mediocre, superior, teacher , tells With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: always, anything, because, being, concluding, contrary, destroyed, either, find, great, him, human, individually, matter, mediocre, misfortune, precious, reasons, seems, sorrow, suit, taken , too
