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1 " Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement. "
― Larken Rose
2 " Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they’re not strong enough to do the same. "
― Matthew Quick , Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
3 " You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things. "
― Andy Warhol
4 " Not everyone is allotted the chance to become a personality; most remain types, and never experience the rigor of becoming an individual. But those who do so inevitably discover that these struggles bring them into conflict with the normal life of average people and the traditional values and bourgeois conventions that they uphold. A personality is the product of a clash between two opposing forces: the urge to create a life of one's own and the insistence by the world around us that we conform. Nobody can develop a personality unless he undergoes revolutionary experiences. The extent of those experiences differs, of course, from person to person, as does the capacity to lead a life that is truly personal and unique. "
― Hermann Hesse , Soul of the Age: Selected Letters, 1891-1962
5 " Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood - but chances were very good that he wouldn't, couldn't, and never would, unaided by the paidhi, come up with the right forecast of human behavior because he didn't come with the right hardwiring. Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. "
― C.J. Cherryh , Invader (Foreigner, #2)
6 " Ordinary people pursue money, simple people pursue power, average people pursue fame, but extraordinary people pursue ideas. "
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7 " It is never easy for any leader to choose between differentiation and equality. You are condemned either way. When you treat everyone equally, you are considered just by majority as equality benefits below average people and they seem to always be in majority. At the same time, you are also condemned because you can’t produce results with people having a crab mentality. However, if you choose to reward the excellence and punish the non-performer, you achieve the desired results but get condemned for being unfair, unjust, cruel and Darwinian. "
― Awdhesh Singh
8 " Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. "
9 " The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. "
― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success
10 " Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. "
11 " Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. "
12 " Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. "
― Fran Lebowitz
