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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was… — John D. Rockefeller
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built — Daniel Libeskind
Im very disappointed that we missed our (earnings per share) growth target this quarter due to the confluence of a number of issues that we… — Carly Fiorina
World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even if… — Ban Ki-moon
If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry. — Mohamed ElBaradei
An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor. — Sonia Gandhi
WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat… — Ambrose Bierce
People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at… — Karl A. Menninger
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make… — George William Russell
I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent… — Koo Stark
We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in the poor communities; we also… — Thoraya Obaid
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode… — Robert X. Cringely
My surroundings have always been conducive to achieving what you want and believing in self 100 per cent; not being afraid to stand up and… — Poppy King
Did we put our kids in 0.5-mile-per-gallon (mpg) tanks and 17 feet per gallon aircraft carriers because we failed to put them in 32-mpg cars? — Hunter Lovins
A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000. — Louann Brizendine
Clients have no trouble paying $5,800 for an hour in a Gulfstream corporate jet or $425 for a month of parking. But God forbid they… — Bill Cahan
We're hopeful it won't climb much more than that (10 percent). The reality is we're all looking at the price per gallon of gasoline and… — Martin Murray
I once used the word OBSOLETE in a headline, only to discover that 43 per cent of housewives had no idea what it meant. In… — David Ogilvy
I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print — Laurell K. Hamilton
I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live… — Jeffrey Archer

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