Quotes with top-performing

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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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  • Brian Tracy Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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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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  • Adrian Edmondson I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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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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  • Bruce Dickinson (On performing in Costa Rica for the first time) It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go: Fear of the Dark. Favorite Album. What?!?
    Iron Maiden: Flight 666
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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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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  • Abba Goold Woolson A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods, and it is only when acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they are performing their appropriate mission.
    Abba Goold Woolson
    American writer (0 - 1921)
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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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  • 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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  • Charles M. Schwab All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Samuel Smiles An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Brett Somers Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.
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