#portion

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

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How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#critics #disproportionate #female #harsh #how

The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#chips #could #elvis #hear #portion

Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

#everything #fun #gone #group #into

On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#challenge #collect #dependent #disproportionately #end

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

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In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time. ↗

— William Hague

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Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer. ↗

— John Hall

#brief #comments #deal #going #i

On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy. ↗

— Henry Hampton

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Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#desert #happy #larger #loving #oasis