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First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Leo Rosten
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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
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If we remain complacent, we'll be a second-rate competitor.
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But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate.
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