Quotes with top-heavy

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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.
    Source: About state officials Speech at the Progress Party national convention o
    Carl I. Hagen
    Norwegian politician (1944 - )
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  • Wayne Dyer Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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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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  • Bobby Darin Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Barry McCaffrey So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
    Barry McCaffrey
    American Army officer, professor and business consultant (1942 - )
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  • Bob Dylan So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
    Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
    Remember me to one who lives there.
    She once was a true love of mine.
    Source: The Freewheelin Bob Dylan (1963)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • A. A. Milne So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest a little boy and his bear will always be playing.
    Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Edward Abbey Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
    Edward Abbey
    American author and essayist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Robert H. Schuller Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • D'Onofrio Vincent Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that. [On his acting techniques]
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  • Anne Michaels Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them!
    Source: Verborgen verleden (2010) 77
    Anne Michaels
    Canadian poet (1958 - )
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  • Bill Burr Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Barbra Streisand Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Theodore L. Cuyler Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured. God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
    Theodore L. Cuyler
    American Presbyterian minister and religious writer
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