#percent

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#accepted #admitted #country #fairness #gets

We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#devote #extra #i #like #maybe

I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#choice #could #earnings #figured #film

We think if the economy remains weak that we could see mortgage rates trail down and we think that we could see rates below seven percent into early next year. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#could #down #early #economy #into

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation. ↗

— Robert Reich

#comprise #haven #inflation #median #percent

Art is 110 percent sweat. ↗

— Robert Riskin

#percent #sweat

Our estimates suggest that a tax increase of 1 percent of GDP reduces output over the next three years by nearly 3 percent. The effect is highly significant. ↗

— Christina Romer

#estimates #gdp #highly #increase #nearly

You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No. ↗

— Ann Romney

#church #every #financially #generous #give

One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#needs #percent #poll #say #security

I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it, is 95 percent intuitive, like seat-of-the-pants, at-the-moment decisions that you can't even explain, you know? ↗

— George Saunders

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