“Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.” WritingI CanHardBitsPercentOriginalsSeventies Author:Mike Rutherford
“I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates.” KnowsHardGovernmentChoicesPiecesCarWillingIndustryRepublicanPercentRateCome UpRelatedCashUnemploymentFederal GovernmentRevivalBankruptcyMichiganBipartisanDelegationBailoutsUnemployment RateAuto IndustryWarranty Author:Fred Upton
“It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.” NeedsBookHardEasyWorryWrittenPercentGood BookFinishingEasy To GetFinishing It Author:Laini Taylor
“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.” WritingFirstsBelieveWellsIdeasHardGamesLostBornPerfectAcceptingEmotionalPercentEssenceOddsEquityRewritingWriting Well Author:William Zinsser
“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesHardPlayWantedDecisionTalkingEmotionalPercentHardestOur FamilyAccomplishedHardest ThingNhlHard Decision Author:Chris Chelios
“It would be hard to find a single example in history in which a group that cast more than 50 percent of the vote got away with calling itself the victim... Women are the only 'oppressed' group to share the same parents as the 'oppressor'; to be born into the middle class and upper class as frequently as the 'oppressor'; to own more of the culture's luxury items than the 'oppressor'.” HardWould BeCultureParentBornClassGroupsShareMiddleExampleCallingPercentVoteVictimCastsLuxuryMiddle ClassOppressedItemsOppressorsUpper ClassLuxury Items Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“The NFL has a hard cap, but if you ask 20 NFL experts who is going to win the Super Bowl this year, you might get 20 different answers. If you then asked 20 baseball experts who is going to represent the American League in the World Series, at least 90 percent of them would say the Yankees and the rest would say Seattle.” IfsWorldYearsDifferentHardMightAsksWinningAnswersPercentBaseballSeriesLeagueExpertsNflBowlsYankeesCapsSuper BowlSeattleWorld Series Author:Bob DuPuy
“Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion, just thinking foolishly that you will be able to do what you want to do” ThinkingWantHardAbleHard WorkPercentWhat You WantDelusion Author:Tina Fey