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The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world… — Norman Borlaug
Ninety-five percent of my audience was white. — Zoot Sims
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is… — Fred Brooks
About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects. — Barry Boehm
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent. — Paul J. Zak
About 10 percent of the hearing impaired get musical hallucinations, and about 10 percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations. — Oliver Sacks
Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes. — Hans Christian Andersen
Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Vegetarians always ask about getting enough protein. But I don't know any nutrition expert (who) can plan a diet of natural foods resulting in a… — Nathan Pritikin
Where you want to be is always in control, never wishing, always trading, and always first and foremost protecting your ass. That's why most people… — Paul Tudor Jones
And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader… — Paul Tudor Jones
Fundamentals might be good for the first third or first 50 or 60 percent of a move, but the last third of a great bull… — Paul Tudor Jones
Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some… — Bill Gross
House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at a national level… — Ben Bernanke
I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense. A 100 percent… — Abdullah Ocalan
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and… — Al Sharpton
In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car. — Juan Manuel Fangio
But Id say that probably 70 percent of the bunkering is more to give you an idea of the direction that you want to go… — Tom Kite
In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending… — Kenny Marchant
The good thing is I don't put the ball in my right hand and I'm predominantly left-handed when I'm running the ball. I just have… — Michael Vick
But if the choice is a cool president and 8 or 10 percent unemployment in a declining economy and a country that seems to be… — Jonah Goldberg
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about. — Charlie Munger
Over the long term, it's hard for a stock to earn a much better return that the business which underlies it earns. If the business… — Charlie Munger
Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent. — Charlie Munger
Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing. — Chuck Barris

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