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1 " And spare me the jokes about scoring." " Dammit, woman, you read my mind," he said. " Is there no filthy wordplay you can't forsee?" " It's my special magical power. I can read your mind when you're thinking dirty thoughts." " So, ninety-five percent of the time. "
2 " Ask anyone; possibly ninety-five percent of our wishes have come true. The unfortunate part is, we all overlook that, and regret all our lives and torment ourselves for not getting the other five percent. "
― Uday Mukerji , Love, Life, and Logic
3 " All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong. "
― Michael Crichton , The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2)
4 " ...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, one part perfection. It's like mainlining heroin. One taste of life on that edge and you're hooked. "
― Kimberly McCreight , Reconstructing Amelia
5 " There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without water. Why, ninety-five percent of the information that reaches you has already been preselected and paid for. "
― Haruki Murakami , A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
6 " My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave. "
