Quotes with thin-on-top

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  • John Wooden Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Pam Brown A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
    Pam Brown
    Australian poet (1948 - )
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  • Bernadette Devlin Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Bill Gates At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
    Interview published in BBC (website): news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1697000/1697132.stm
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Paul Tillich Depression is rage spread thin.
    Paul Tillich
    German-American theologian and philosopher (1886 - 1965)
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  • Emile Durkheim From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.
    Emile Durkheim
    French sociologist (1858 - 1917)
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  • Busta Rhymes Fuck that! Look at shorty, she a little cutie yo (yeah)
    The way she shake it make me wanna get all in the booty yo (whoo!)
    Top miss, just hit the bangin' bitches in videos
    Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • George Orwell I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Billy Zane The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good.
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  • Betty Ford When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it's all a couple has built on. We've had that and a whole lot more.
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • James Reston A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
    James Reston
    In Holland born, American journalist (1909 - 1995)
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  • Brock Lesnar A guy that I was supposed to face - and I think that he was just plain downright scared to get in the ring with me because he was one of those guys that was on top and saw a huge threat in Brock Lesnar at the time - that's 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Billy Eichner A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
    Billy Eichner
    American comedian, actor, and producer (1978 - )
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  • Barbra Streisand A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Lao-Tzu A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Havelock Ellis All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Denis Waitley All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Alex Haley Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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