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  -- Joseph Heller, "Catch-22...
• 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 to write FORTRAN, others aspire to write FORTRAN, but most have writing FORTRAN thrust upon them.
• But be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Twelfth Night -- Act ii, Sc. 5...
• Some people have parts that are so private they themselves have no knowledge of them.
• Mediocrity is excellence to the mediocre.
• Some people tell political jokes... we HAVE them!