Percent Quotes
2114 Percent quotes by 1567 unique authors
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The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent…
— Eric Alterman
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.
— Eric Alterman
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Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab…
— Eric Alterman
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But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to beat me. They're going to come…
— Tupac Shakur
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We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do…
— John F. Kennedy
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In my experience, getting rich takes focus, courage, knowledge, expertise, 100 percent of your effort, a never-give-up attitude and of course a rich mind-set.
— T. Harv Eker
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When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.
— John F. Kennedy
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I believe the Visa Waiver Program, it essentially is the soft underbelly of the visa system. Now we have 35 countries in it. We have…
— Dianne Feinstein
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Sixty percent of our immigrants are admitted merely because they have relatives here. Many of these people are not immediate relative, but are part of…
— Ronald Reagan
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Congressional mistakes have dramatically increased immigration through a series of what I believe were ill-advised actions going back to 1965 when the basic notions of…
— Ronald Reagan
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The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth with workers, ... Roughly 80…
— Unknown Author
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Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
— Ron Blomberg
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Using any reasonable definition of a scientist, we can say that 80 to 90 percent of all the scientists that have ever lived are alive…
— Derek J. de Solla Price
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One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and its investment in…
— Unknown Author
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(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the movie Jurassic Park…
— Carl Sagan
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Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
— Ben Hogan
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Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation.
— Grantland Rice
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From a policy point of view, I don't think it's the right approach. I don't like the idea of having millions of people here for…
— Lindsey Graham
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Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.
— Brian Tracy
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Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to…
— Lance Armstrong
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My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we don't judge a person by…
— Malcolm X
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Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
— Thomas A. Edison
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Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: Satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I…
— Bill Gates
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All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water…
— Shailene Woodley
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