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“In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.”

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Author:James S. Coleman

“What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand there's inflation and growth - it can go higher and lower - and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your total portfolio that gets you balanced.”

Trying Different Growth Four Higher Average Investors Balanced Inflation Portfolios

Author:Ray Dalio

“You can never have a thousand percent batting average on jokes - it's just never going to happen.”

Happens Thousand Jokes Percent Average Batting

Author:Paul Feig

“I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.”

World Trying Winning Right Now Training Seasons Weight Average Settling Riding Championship Lifting Skating Skates

Author:Clara Hughes

“Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.”

Enough Political Nations Race Issues Average Significant Discussion Related Portions

Author:Eric Holder

“I'm a pretty average guy and want to keep a low profile. I don't want the world necessarily to know about me.”

Knows World Want Guy Lows Average Profile

Author:Edward Whitacre, Jr.

“It's not the average people that come to my show.”

People Shows Average

Author:Young Jeezy

“Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.”

Important Bigs Winning Race Events Higher Seasons Including Average Speed Formulas Pits Formula One Great Events Motorsports

Author:Tom Kristensen

“The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.”

Giving Stills Lasts Three Half Path Five Percent Vote Election Defeat Average Strikes Presidential Extras Voters Romney Disillusionment Predecessors Gop Three Strikes

Author:William Kristol

“It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. ...And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man.”

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Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.”

Language Average Characteristics English Language Englishmen

Book:The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)

Source: The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)

“I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.”

Writing States Certain Hours United Half Watches United States Television Reader Seven Average Spheres Half Hours

Author:Jerzy Kosinski