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“I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.”

Want Past Goal Steps Knowing Percent Adversity Setting Settings Setting Goals Small Steps

Author:Kristi Yamaguchi

“The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity grew from 7,600 megawatts in 1997 to 9,600 in 1998, an expansion of 26 percent. At a national level, Germany led the way, adding 790 megawatts of capacity, followed by Spain with 380 megawatts, and the United States with 226 megawatts. In the past, U.S. wind generating capacity was concentrated in California, but in 1998, wind farms began generating electricity in Minnesota, Oregon, and Wyoming, broadening the new industry's geographical base.”

“I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the bands. You won't have record shops taking 40 percent of the money. You won't have record labels taking 40 percent of the money. So they don't have to sell as many albums as they used to in the past. So it's not necessarily a bad thing if record companies disappear.”

Ifs Thinking Past Used Company Records Share Band Percent Bigger Sells Albums Disappear Labels Shops Bad Things More Money Record Companies Record Labels

Author:Richard Branson

“Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66 lawyers than it was from more than 99 percent of those who petitioned the court. That's the finding of a recent Reuters special report called "The Echo Chamber." It illustrates how almost half the appeals accepted by the court over a nine-year period came from this cadre of elite lawyers--many of whom have personal connections to the nine justices.”

“The White House is defending President Obama's sports activities over the past week, saying that everyone needs leisure time. Thanks to these economic policies, 9.5 percent of Americans have all the leisure time they need.”

Needs Past House Sports President White Week Economic Policy Activity Percent Thanks White House President Obama Leisure Over The Past Economic Policy Leisure Time

Author:Jay Leno

“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.”

“The past three years have seen a threefold increase in the number of participants of the state guarantee system. It has already exceeded 21 percent, and the trend will continue. We need a national rather than a government program of state guarantees”

Needs Years States Government Past Three Numbers Percent Program Increase Guarantees Trends Three Years Participants Government Programs

Author:Veronika Skvortsova

“The American people care about the fact that we have $17 trillion in debt and 10 percent of every tax dollar that's coming in is going to pay for past overspending.”

People Facts Care Past Pay Taxes Percent Dollars Debt Tax Dollars Overspending

Author:Carol Roth

“In my book ["Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age], I argue that we're vulnerable to technologies.There's a 40 percent decline in all markers for empathy among college students, with most of it taking place in the past years.”

Years Book Age Past Technology Students College Conversation Empathy Percent Arguing Vulnerable Digital Decline Digital Age College Students Markers

Author:Judy Woodruff

“Planet Hollywood has shrunk from seventy-five locations around the world to just over thirty-five over the past two years. No new Planet Hollywoods are opening, which in turn has caused a 100 percent decline in opportunities for Bruce Willis to play the harmonica.”

World Years Two Play Past Turns Opportunity Five Planets Percent Hollywood Opening Around The World Thirty Two Years Decline Location Seventies Over The Past Harmonicas

Author:Jon Stewart

“I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent.”

Thinking Past Lying Percent Magazines Gossip Zero Occasional

Author:Lindsey Vonn

“According to "Huffington Post", one Democratic opposition research firm said they spent the past eight months compiling material on [Donald] Trump as he`s risen on the ranks. And that research estimated that if the all material compiled, court and property records,newspaper clips and video, approximately 80 percent of it has yet to surface in this election cycle.”

Ifs Said Past Records Materials Months Trump Research Percent Election Court Property Democratic Eight Surface Newspapers Video Posts Firm Opposition Cycles Risen Clip

Author:Chris Hayes

“Assuming that the future is like the past, you can outperform 80 percent of your fellow investors over the next several decades by investing in an index fund-and doing nothing else. But acquire the discipline to do something even better: become a long-term index fund investor.”

Long Past Next Term Discipline Percent Fellows Assuming Investing Decades Long Term Acquire Fund Investors Doing Nothing Index Funds

Author:Mark Hulbert

“There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths by about the same, and so on.”

Years Past Progress Violence Percent Iraq Civilians Over The Past Civilian Deaths

Author:David Petraeus

“Broadly speaking, in the past few years, we've more than doubled the editorial staff [in Mother Jones], as part of ramping up daily operations that have resulted in huge gains in audience, a slew of awards, new multimedia endeavors, and of course scoops like the 47 percent.”

Years Past Mother Courses Audience Huge Percent Gains Operations Endeavor Awards Staff Editorials Multimedia

Author:Clara Jeffery

“Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.”

Years Past Development Percent Related Valleys Silicon Silicon Valley Taiwan

Author:Stan Shih

“Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.”

Years Children Country Age Past Mother Fall Growth Born Five Violence Risk Crime Disease Percent Adults Increase Primaries Wages Literacy Spurs Decrease Likelihood Later In Life Primary Education

Author:Shakira

“Nowadays, we have to deal with so many more factors that weren't there in the past. It's not enough to be a good rider, if you want to finish at the front. The riders have become incredible athletes. In the past, you could manage the race and fight only on the last laps. Now you need to train hard. You cannot allow yourself to go on track without being at 100 percent.”

Ifs Want Needs Hard Enough Lasts Past Fighting Deals Race Fronts Goes On Percent Train Incredibles Athlete Track Factors Manage Lap Riders Train Hard

Author:Valentino Rossi

“Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.”

War Past Forget Percent Ninety Deficit Payment Past Present Past Present And Future

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.”

Years States Today Past Lost United Millions United States Source Percent Aging Nine Income Primaries Farms Farmers Elsewhere Farming Ranchers Primary Source Family Farms Farmers And Ranchers

Author:Tom Vilsack

“The doctor brushed past her and gestured at the holographic image that jutted from the netscreen. "Let me tell you what is peculiar about it" "I'd say 36.28 percent of it is pretty peculiar”

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Author:Marissa Meyer

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