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“Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.”

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Author:Thomas A. Edison

“Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.”

Mouths Percent Eight Charming Offensive Ninety Controversial Ninety Eight

Author:Megan Fox

“Ninety-eight out of 100 of the rich men in America are honest. That is why they are rich.”

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Author:Russell Conwell

“He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup - or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, 'A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.'”

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Author:Steve Perry

“If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic.”

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Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“The shelf life of molecules is very short. Ninety-eight percent of all the atoms in my body are gone by next year.”

Years Body Next Gone Percent Eight Atoms Shelves Ninety Next Year Molecules Shelf Life Ninety Eight

Author:Deepak Chopra

“We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.”

Knows World Problem Used Purpose Air Travel Percent Eight Oil Fuel Broads Vehicle Funny Travel Highways Truck Ninety Air Travel Ninety Eight

Author:John Olver

“Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn't consistent to me.”

Want Use Government Age Church Practice Percent Catholic Eight Consistent Federal Government Ninety Contraception Childbearing Ninety Eight Private Insurance

Author:Nancy Pelosi

“Ninety-eight percent of all the soy that's raised goes to livestock. So people make fun of vegetarians for being tofu eaters, but no one eats tofu like steak eaters, by a long shot. It's also funny that tofu is held up as what a vegetarian eats. I mean maybe I eat tofu once a month, but other than that, never. All of it, statistically speaking, is going to livestock.”

People Mean Long Fun Months Percent Shots Raised Eight Vegetarian Ninety Steak Livestock Tofu Soy Long Shots Ninety Eight

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“I do not want to return to the Ukraine of the 1990s and the time of privatization. Ninety-eight percent of Ukrainian companies obey the laws.”

Want Law Company Return Percent Eight Ninety Ukraine Ukrainian Privatization Ninety Eight

Author:Viktor Yushchenko

“For some years now, I've been doing a program called "Sinatra Sings Sinatra." It's been going on virtually since the end of '98. Nineteen ninety-eight was the year Frank Sinatra died. ... Now having reached what would have been his 100th year - I decided back in 2013 when we started to put all of this together, I decided what we should do was the first "Sinatra Sings Sinatra" in which we go audio visual.”

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Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.

“Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.”

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Author:Arthur Smith

“Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.”

Two Country Political Politics Work Honest Honesty Percent Adults Drinking Eight Libertarian Decent Libertarianism Ninety Publicity Hardworking Funny 4th Of July Ninety Eight

Author:Lily Tomlin

“I have wasted the greater part of my life looking for money and trying to get along, trying to make my work from this terribly expensive paintbox, which is a movie. And I've spent too much energy on things that have nothing to do with making a movie. It's about two percent moviemaking and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life.”

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Author:Orson Welles

“of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse”

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Author:Charles Bukowski

“Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.”

People Goes On Percent Eight Ninety Ninety Eight

Book:Lisey's Story: A Novel

Source: Lisey's Story: A Novel

“Peabody, you never cease to amaze me." "One day I'll tell you about my granny and her five lovers." "Five lovers isn't abnormal for a woman's lifetime." "Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the same time." Peabody glanced up, deadpan. "She's ninety-eight. I hope to take after her.”

Lasts Five Months Lovers One Day Lifetime Eight Cease Ninety Abnormal Granny Ninety Eight

Author:Nora Roberts

“You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet house, then you got to have a job you don't like. Great. This is the way ninety-eight-point-nine per cent of the people work things out, so believe me, buddy, you've got nothing to apologize for.”

People Way Want Believe Play Jobs House Nice Sweet Eight Nine Cents Believe In Me Apologizing Ninety Buddy Very Nice Very Sweet Nice House Ninety Eight

Author:Richard Yates

“Ninety-eight percent of success is in the head and the heart.”

Heart Running Success Percent Eight Ninety Inspirational Running Ninety Eight

Author:Cathy Ferguson

“Ninety-eight percent of all American companies have fewer than 100 employees. Over half of all Americans work for a small business. Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and we must protect this great resource.....Helping American small business is part of our movement for change and the end of politics as usual.”

Ends Helping Nations Half Company Economy Movement Protect Percent Resources Eight Employee Usual Fewer Small Business Ninety Backbone Ninety Eight

Author:Barack Obama

“Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.”

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Author:Julian Fellowes