> "There should only be one way to do it" has not really been a thing in Python for at least the last decade or longer.

It never was a thing in Python, it is a misquote of the Zen of Python that apparently became popular as a reaction against the TMTOWTDI motto of the Perl community.

Not misquoted, paraphrased. I didn't feel like bothering to check the output of "import this" before posting.