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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
Anthony Daniels
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Anthony Daniels
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
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Salisbury
England
Anthony Kingsley Daniels
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