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perspiration. JOHN DRYDEN The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of wha... J.K. ROWLING Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing. LINDA RONSTADT Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime. DEREK HUMPHRY Ninety-nine percent of our clients are businesses. And we also do a lot of work in parks. CORRY BAKKER I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine per... TONY BENNETT Ninety-nine percent of the money goes out. There is no administrative cost, no salaries. IVAN OLINSKY A good lover? One percent talent and ninety nine percent hard work. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect. DAVID HASSELHOFF Ninety-eight percent of the people don't know what's going on. Ninety-eight percent of the people th... LARRY COATS Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the media is left of center. There are two companies doing truly b... DAVID SMITH Ninety-nine percent of the work in stem cells does not involve cloning. This episode will have littl... PETER ANDREWS The discrepancy there is that alternative schools were previously exempted from the grading process.... JOE GREEN Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the tim... PETER DRUCKER Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the tim... PETER F. DRUCKER Ninety-nine percent of our business comes from the Internet, and it all comes from those Internet se... BRUCE FISHER I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine... TONY BENNETT Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes... WILLIE NELSON Even if ninety-nine percent of what you discover is later proven wrong, it is the one percent that i... STEVEN MAGEE Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the juk... WILLIE NELSON The joy of one success far supercedes the ninety nine miserable attempts that may sometimes be calle... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of c... THORNTON WILDER The successful man is prosperous, because he has developed ninety-five percent of his ability. The f... CHARLES E. POPPLESTONE We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The big thing is that we have five percent or less of the hardcore players actively entertaining the... WILL WRIGHT Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. CHRIS EVERT Ninety percent of board members said they were there to make a difference in the organization. DEBORAH HECHINGER We have underachieved. We have failed at every opportunity to make the big play; that's what's gotte... ANDY HILL Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of th... DAVID SANBORN Reasons... questions... what they have in common? - All get finded in the hard way. DEYTH BANGER His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers... THOMAS ALVA EDISON His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers... THOMAS A. EDISON I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the
conclusion is false. The hundredth... UNKNOWN I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth ti... ALBERT EINSTEIN The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ... DOUGLAS ADAMS When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. JOHN F. KENNEDY To my wonderful readers: Sorry about that last cliff-hanger. Well, no, not really. HAHA... RICK RIORDAN Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about the... SOURCE UNKNOWN Ninety percent of the things we tend to WORRY about we have no control over, so why worry about them... SOURCE UNKNOWN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have s... HOLLIS STACY Ninety-nine percent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings which develop as ... SOURCE UNKNOWN I think we're the leader. It's not funny. It's sad. Ninety-five percent of the teams we play have no... MIKE BURTON Words don’t take you anywhere, at the most they aid in a mental projection; it’s the experience ... RAMANA PEMMARAJU There are two types of humans in this world: those who function so they can get something and those ... SARAH NOFFKE And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. BIBLE Babies have been found in marketplaces, bus stops, on busy streets ... where orphans are primarily p... CARA CASSELLA Ninety percent of the members of the Academy of German Law were not members of the Party. HANS FRANK I will not eat cakes or cookies or food. I will be thin, thin, pure. I will be pure and empty. Weigh... FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK Asia is the epicenter of sourcing and manufacturing. They have so many different types of suppliers. BRENT THILL I'm so glad you're here," Aphrodite said. "War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really... RICK RIORDAN We want to stay in Cottage Grove. Ninety-nine percent of our customers come from the western side (o... DAVE LEONARD Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usuall... CORY LIDLE We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our i... GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role... MADELINE ZIMA If I have a better idea, I say, 'Can we try one like this?' I try not to step on writers'... WILLIAM SADLER For the first time in 6,000 years of human history, we can have peer-to-peer exchange where trust is... PATRICK M. BYRNE I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out... ROBERT POWELL Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people JAMES HOWELL Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. JAMES HOWELL Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. JOHN STUART MILL One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. JOHN STUART MILL
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