Percent Quotes - Page 27

• So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

  Jack Kingston

  Men, Law, Unions

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• The thing I find about the movie industry is that 99 percent of the people are absolute scum. They're horrible people, they really are. Very nasty killer rabbits who hate movies. But the other 1 percent are really the greatest, most wonderful people in the world.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Hate, People, Rabbits

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.

  Taylor Kitsch

  Song, Hate, People

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• That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent.

  Mike McCready

  Giving, Joy, Feelings

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• We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

  Gale Norton

  Country, Air, Quality

  Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

  Grace Napolitano

  June, Office, Benefits

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• I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.

  Jason Newsted

  Leaving, Never Regret, Metallica

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• I have to feel that I'm going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can't be 100 percent happy where you are. It's not like I enjoy being miserable for weeks on end. But I think it's good to be miserable for about one day every third week - that's ideal for me.

  Jo Nesbo

  Thinking, One Day, Definitions

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• Ninety percent of the time, I'm wearing imaginary people's clothing. I don't feel a huge pressure to go out and like, hit the town, hit the boutiques.

  Lucas Neff

  People, Pressure, Towns

  "Raising Hope's Lucas Neff on starting stand-up and how his show apes The Simpsons". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. February 5, 2013.

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• It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people.

  Richard Neal

  Running, People, Debt

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• Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.

  Keith Olbermann

  Taken, Winning, Greatness

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• Oh, I think the biggest lesson in Wisconsin is that 60 percent of the people do not believe that recall elections were proper for policy differences, short of some criminal offense.

  Martin O'Malley

  Believe, Thinking, Differences

  "Walker, O'Malley, Trumka". "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. June 10, 2012.

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• One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off.

  Pat Oliphant

  Years, People, Doe

  Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.50, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• The great majority of the Senate of the United States...somewhere around 80 percent...are completely in support of Israel, anything Israel wants. This has been demonstrated time and again, and this has made it difficult.

  J. William Fulbright

  Israel, Support, Majority

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• Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

  Alan Ladd

  Profit, Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy

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• Some of the best advice I got from a close friend is marriage is always looked at from the world as 50/50 as to working together to make that 100 percent.

  Brian Littrell

  Advice, Working Together, World

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• According to Gallup, Obama has already lost support among Jewish voters, down from 78 percent to 68 percent. If Romney shows that he is genuinely committed to Israel and that Obama is not, he'll make further inroads.

  David Limbaugh

  Israel, Support, Voters

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• I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Suffering, Commit, Ifs

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• We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work.

  John L. Phillips

  Program, Spare Time, Extras

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• I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.

  Pauley Perrette

  Real, Character, Thinking

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• One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.

  William Petersen

  Responsibility, Giving, Things I Love

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• 25 percent of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content. 34 percent of bloggers post opinions about products and brands.

  Erik Qualman

  Twenties, World, Links

  "Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business". Book by Erik Qualman, 2009.

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• Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.

  Christina Romer

  Fall, Turkeys, Office

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• I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.

  David Rubenstein

  Country, Strong, Giving

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• If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Party, Reflection, Winning

  "Dennis Ross: 18 Months to Avoid War with Iran". Interview with Nathan Gardels, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2007.

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