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• Some people are born to write FORTRAN, others aspire to write FORTRAN, but most have writing FORTRAN thrust upon them.
• Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
  -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22...
• Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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• Marge: I'm sure your insurance will cover the house.
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• Have you hugged a Klingon today (and survived)?
• You have to give the electorate a tune they can whistle. -- Enoch Powell