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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • William Shakespeare Against ill chances men are ever merry, but heaviness foreruns the good event.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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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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  • B. D. Wong As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Carol Ann Duffy As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn and thin-on-top, and unlike him I laugh, nay, sneer, in the face of death. I will concede one point: we are both lesbian poets.
    Interviewed in The Guardian, August 31, 2002. [1]
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • Adam Schiff At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Biz Stone Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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  • Bernadette Devlin Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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