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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about progress, people

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about celebrity, heads, talking, contentment, man, people

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average...

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, things

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to...

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Quote by Bruce Barton about people, real estate, life

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing...

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

Quote by Placido Domingo about day, public

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about instinct, experience, reason

People in the United States, on average, marry in their...

People in the United States, on average, marry in their mid to late 20s, and half of all divorces take place in the first seven years of marriage.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about marriage, people

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6...

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about students, mathematics, school

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about ambition, celebrity, americans, film

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, ...

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Quote by Hyman George Rickover about ideal, events, people

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

Quote by Satchel Paige about man, common sense, being

The average Turkish citizen longs both to join the EU and...

The average Turkish citizen longs both to join the EU and to see a strengthening of the traditional Turkish identity.

Quote by Orhan Pamuk about identity

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to...

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about leadership, people, work, good, good luck

Apparently the average man sees woman alternately as an...

Apparently the average man sees woman alternately as an inferior being and as an angel.

WQuote by Willa Muir about face, angels, woman, being, man

An average balanced proportion of exterior beauty promises more happiness than the physical perfection. Too much physical beauty can produce confusion and induce to the underestimation the cognitive, spiritual and emotional abilities of a person.

Quote by Mag. Cornelia Klappacher about beauty, confusion, ability, perfection, happiness, people

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