The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to strive for excellence rather than settling for mediocrity.
Anne Rice's quote emphasizes the importance of pursuing greatness and originality in one's endeavors. It suggests that the world is already saturated with mediocrity—average or half-hearted attempts—and calls for people to take bold actions, make commitments, and strive for outstanding achievements instead of playing it safe with hedged bets.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire a group of entrepreneurs.
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I lie in my grave. I have envisioned its fantastical discoveries. I have known its courage in the timeless sanctum of my thoughts. And though it shuts me out with its dazzling forms, I long for one with the strength to roam it fearlessly, to ride the Devil's Road through its heart.
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lost–a heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
Don't ask for the task to be easy... just ask for it to be worth it _x000D_ Don't wish it was easier... wish you were better _x000D_ Don't ask for less challenge... ask for more skill _x000D_ Don't ask for less problems... and for more wisdom _x000D_ It's the challenge that makes the experience. _x000D_ Life and it's colour and meaning and adventure for you is this collection of experiences. _x000D_ To wish them away is to wish your life away.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Act the part and you will become the part.
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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