Quotes with thin-on-top

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  • Bob Richards One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.
    Bob Richards
    American athlete (1926 - )
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  • Bill Ford One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
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  • Margaret Thatcher One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Helene Deutsch Only a thin partition separates the psychically normal from the diseased.
    Confrontations with Myself: An Epilogue (1973)
    Helene Deutsch
    Polish-American psychoanalyst (1884 - 1982)
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  • Bernard Ebbers Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services.
    Bernard Ebbers
    Canadian businessman (1941 - 2020)
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  • Camille Paglia Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around Sixties banners to conceal their record of ruthless, beaver-like tunneling to the top.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Francis Beaumont Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
    Francis Beaumont
    English writer and poet (1584 - 1616)
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  • Bill Frist Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Bob Ross People have success with this method and it gets them excited. It gets them hooked. You can put layers of thick paint on thin paint and that allows you to complete a painting in one sitting.
    Bob Ross
    American painter, art instructor and television personality (1942 - 1995)
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  • Bill Maris People talk about the redistribution of wealth a lot, which is a very valid topic. But what about the redistribution of health? That's even more concentrated at the top.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Margaret Thatcher People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Bryn Terfel People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.
    Bryn Terfel
    Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (1965 - )
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  • Carl I. Hagen Politicians and bureaucrats are the new upper class in Norway. It is an upper class that is growing by an increasing number of top-paid politicians in municipalities and counties. They let the people suffer, but let themselves go free.
    About state officials Speech at the Progress Party national convention o
    Carl I. Hagen
    Norwegian politician (1944 - )
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  • Alexander Pope Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Beth Brooke Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Garry Kasparov Russia is a mafia state today, and Putin is its top godfather.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • Myriam Miedzian Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Bruce Sterling Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bill Gates Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Edna St. Vincent Millay Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
    Edna St. Vincent Millay
    American poet (1892 - 1950)
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