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?
I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.
I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
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