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title: "11 Percent Good Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcenroe/i-am-not-a-monster-i-m-not-all-bad-maybe-10-percent-i-think-i-m-90/)

[John McEnroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcenroe/)

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> [If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/if-somebody-can-do-something-80-percent-as-good-as-you-think-you/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sara-blakely-7253_can-do_if-somebody-can-do-something-80-percent_2676197.png)

> [If 10 percent is good enough for the Lord, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/if-10-percent-is-good-enough-for-the-lord-it-ought-to-be-good-enough/)

[Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/)

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> [Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/pure-philanthropy-is-very-well-in-its-way-but-philanthropy-plus-five/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/cecil-rhodes-17121_deals_pure-philanthropy-is-very-well-in-its-wa_976459.jpg)

> [I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bacon/i-always-have-to-make-it-as-clear-as-i-possibly-can-that-fame-is-99-9/)

[Kevin Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-bacon/)

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> [Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-riggs/women-play-about-twenty-five-percent-as-good-as-men-so-they-should/)

[Bobby Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-riggs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/bobby-riggs-11410_feminism_women-play-about-twenty-five-percent-as_1871076.png)

> [Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-kirk/ninety-percent-of-a-good-performance-of-an-actor-is-based-on-the/)

[Justin Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-kirk/)

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> [Theres a famous saying: If 99 percent was good enough, gravity wouldnt work for 14 minutes every day. I did the calculation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/theres-a-famous-saying-if-99-percent-was-good-enough-gravity-wouldnt/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The truth is many of us have been socialized to think that if we are not the very best, if we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-thornton/the-truth-is-many-of-us-have-been-socialized-to-think-that-if-we-are/)

[Elizabeth Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-thornton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/elizabeth-thornton-23967_best_the-truth-is-many-of-us-have-been-social_119021.jpg)

> [There's a famous saying: 'If 99 percent was good enough, gravity wouldn't work for 14 minutes every day.' I did the calculation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-covert-comic/there-s-a-famous-saying-if-99-percent-was-good-enough-gravity-wouldn/)

[The Covert Comic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-covert-comic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/the-covert-comic-50251_every-day_there-s-a-famous-saying-if-99-percent-wa_1971224.jpg)

> [I kind of dread any kind of critical response, just because it's always painful in some way. Even if it's 80 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchovny/i-kind-of-dread-any-kind-of-critical-response-just-because-it-s/)

[David Duchovny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchovny/)

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