“I realized I need a certain kind of chemistry and a certain kind of look to be into someone, and like 1 percent of the population has it.” NeedsLooksKindCertainPercentPopulationI RealizedChemistry Author:Jen Kirkman
“I make it a rule never to weigh or measure a fish I've caught, but simply to estimate its dimensions as accurately as possible, and then, when telling about it, to improve these figures by roughly a fifth, or twenty percent. I do this mainly because most people believe all fishermen exaggerate by at least twenty percent, and so I allow for the discounting my audience is almost certain to apply.” PeopleBelieveCertainAudienceSeaFiguresPercentRiversTwentiesCaughtFishesBoatDimensionsLakesFishingFifthFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.” YearsCertainPercentPopulationObservationUrgesCheatDishonesty Book:H Source: H
“People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksJobsCertainCultureNumbersLeaderStreetsWallIndustryPercentAssumingGenderFinanceVaryNonprofits Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“You see, the Foreign Service of the United States has grown so unbelievably in the last twenty years, and the requirements for admission are so high, and yet an awful lot of the work, I'd say fully 50-percent of the work in the Foreign Service abroad, is really routine work. All this is something that no one has licked.... You get a certain amount of discontent. It's bad for morale.” YearsStatesLastsCertainUnitedUnited StatesAmountPercentTwentiesAwfulRoutineRequirementsDiscontentAdmissionMoraleForeign ServiceRoutine Work Author:Charles E. Bohlen
“As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.” GovernmentLawCertainWaterWrittenAirEventsPercentAccountsEnvironmentalAvailableProtectionReleaseAgencySoilReportsRoutineChemicalsToxicUsersPollutionFederal GovernmentComprehensiveEmissionsEnvironmental ProtectionInventory Author:Sandra Steingraber
“I'm not a method actor, I don't write my character's history or all those kinds of things. I'm more about the 90 percent of the brain that is subconscious. I like to just pick certain pieces, let it soak in, and then let it kind of emerge out.” WritingKindCharacterCertainActorsBrainPiecesPicksPercentMethodSubconscious Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit that mark, are doing 50 percent of your work for you. So, you know, it's a balance. When you walk into a mark and you're lit a certain way or something's happening so often you don't know what's behind you... And that's what's so strange about being a movie actor.” PeopleKnowsWayCertainActorsSidesWalksBehindsStrangeBalanceHappeningsPercentOppositesMarkCamerasProfoundLitBehind YouMovie Actors Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Of course, the UK is a significant economy that makes up a quarter of American exports to the EU, more than 50 percent of our exports in certain sectors and over 25 percent of the government procurement opportunities we have in Europe. Brexit reduces the size of the TTIP deal for the United States, and there will need to be an adjustment of expectations accordingly, but Brexit underscores the value of reaching an agreement at this critical moment in the evolution of Europe.” NeedsStatesMomentsGovernmentCertainValuesCoursesOpportunityUnitedDealsUnited StatesEconomyEvolutionExpectationsPercentEuropeSizeCriticalSignificantReachingAgreementQuartersAdjustmentCritical MomentsProcurement Author:Michael Froman
“I remember standing outside of the dorm by the little terrace. I was going to do this job that I wasn't 100 percent certain of, which ended up being much more fun than I expected [in So Notorious].” LittlesJobsRememberCertainFunPercentStandingExpectedStanding OutNotoriousDormsTerrace Author:Zachary Quinto
“White voters were 72 percent of the electorate in 2012, and their share of the population has shrunk a couple points since then. [Donald] Trump has had trouble winning certain segments of the white vote, such as suburban women and college-educated voters.” CertainWinningWhiteTroubleShareCollegeTrumpCouplePercentVotePopulationEducatedVotersElectorateEducated Voters Author:Mara Liasson
“There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat. And for me, and I would not be surprised if a lot of women feel this same way, it's this thing of not being 100 percent comfortable with myself.” IfsWorldWayFeelsCertainThis WorldComfortablePercentDefeat Author:Alicia Keys
“No matter what you're doing, you're never 100 percent about anything. Every choice is always accompanied by a certain amount of worry or doubt. Until it reaches a certain threshold, you don't act on it; you just sort of carry it with you, and wait to see if it reaches the threshold when you should act. Otherwise, you just become one of those worrywarts, a nervous Nellie who isn't very helpful.” IfsShouldMatterCertainChoicesWaitingWorryDoubtAmountPercentNo Matter WhatNervousHelpfulThresholdDoing You Author:Glen Berger
“I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation has such clarity and so much depth of focus. It worked great with 'Avatar' because 70 percent of that film is animated.” BelieveKindFilmCertainI BelieveFocusPercentAll ThingsDepthI Believe InClarityAnimationAnimated Author:Steven Spielberg
“I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certain night, or because birth control isn't one hundred percent, or for a thousand other reasons that really aren't very flattering.” PeopleIfsLooksChildrenHardReasonTodayEarthNightCertainBornToo MuchBabyBirthDrinkThousandPercentHundredAccidentsAliensFlatteringBirth Control Author:Jodi Picoult