"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."

Being, Mediocrity

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"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."

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"It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama."

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"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."

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"Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times."

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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."

"Being is more important than doing."

"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."

"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."

"Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."

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