"Mediocrity is not worth the trip."

-- Sergio Marchionne

#Growth Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes #Personal Growth Quotes

“A striking feature of financial service activities during the past few decades is that the financial transactions essential to the operation of the 'real' economy has become increasingly dwarfed by speculative activity.”

Source : Peter Dicken (2003). “Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century”, p.469, SAGE
“We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.”
“It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.”
“Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.”
“Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.”
“Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.”
“Please," she whispered as she opened the book, "please get me out of here just for an hour or so, please take me far, far away”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.357, Scholastic Inc.
“People really love 'Madea' movies and get a kick out of them. They're phenomenally successful. People get excited when a new one's coming out.”

Source : "Old Spice pitchman on breakout role in Tyler Perry picture". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. April 22, 2011.

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