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I'm playing pretty good now, but my ranking doesn't say that. I'm number two. -- Vijay Singh
Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships. -- John C. Maxwell
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind. -- Jean Rostand
As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty. -- Dick Thornburgh
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. -- James S. Coleman
So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes. -- Jane Harman
Everybody feels like an outcast because the world is so large and every fingerprint is so vastly different from one another, and yet we have these standards and beliefs, and dogmatic systems of judgment and ranking, in almost all the societies of the world. -- Ezra Miller
Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things. -- Julia Stiles
As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities. -- Jane Harman
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes of the two by four to get its attention. -- Norman Schwarzkopf
When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly. -- Jeremy Stoppelman
When you go up in the ranking, for sure you have more friends. -- Stan Wawrinka
I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent. -- Saina Nehwal
Im the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well. -- Lindsey Graham
If an incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his highest-ranking subordinate to his place -- Attila the Hun
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues -- John Hume
A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance of anyone is governed largely by the system that he works in, the responsibility of management. -- W. Edwards Deming
We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to succeed and many, many different abilities that will help you get there. -- Howard Gardner
If television once could be seen as ranking among a number of vehicles for conveying expression or information from which we could choose, we no longer have that choice: the televisual has become an intrinsic and determining element of our cultural formation. -- Philip Auslander
When I release something, I'm like, "OK, I want it to be the best." When I release my fragrance, I want it to be the number one fragrance. I don't want it to be like, "Oh yeah, you got ninth on the rankings." -- Justin Bieber
I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is now or will eventually be wrong - but it can and should speak about the relevance and ranking of facts and observations. -- Erik Naggum
Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion. -- Franz Grillparzer
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter? -- Billie Jean King
It is time for the truth to be brought out... Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense... I urge immediate Congressional action to reduce the dangers from secrecy about Unidentified Flying Objects -- Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
The qualifying system helps the top guys like Sergio Garcia, who play most of their golf in the U.S. They can rely on the world rankings and just play their four extra events [with the four majors and three World Golf Championship events counting as seven European events]. But for the other guys it's tough, and I don't know if that can be changed. It is a tricky situation. -- Luke Donald
My objective has always been to get better, no matter where my ranking is. -- Luke Donald
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well. -- Lindsey Graham
There is no news media. There's simply a bunch of people on television and in newspapers who are ranking members of the Democrat Party. -- Rush Limbaugh
I don't think I've made my favorite film yet. But I loved 'Bamboozled.' 'Bamboozled' to me is off the chain. It's definitely in the ranking. I loved 'Bamboozled.' -- Jada Pinkett Smith
I keep track of my blog stats, Facebook subs, my Amazon rank, Twitter followers, Facebook likes per posts, my chess ranking. I get stressed when they all don't go up. -- James Altucher
It's been interesting. I went through a period where a lot of people would recognize me, and then when I had injures and my ranking dropped, not as many people did. -- Mary Pierce
My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking. -- Jeffrey Gitomer
It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday. -- Veerappa Moily
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues. -- John Hume
Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure. -- Louis Navellier
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever. There's the fax. Too many distractions. I like to go out and write. -- Harlan Coben
You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches. -- Rafael Nadal
Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking member of the committee I was chairman or ranking member of. And in both instances they were just great people to work with. -- Judd Gregg
There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well. -- Chloe Sevigny
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see. -- Venus Williams
In 2006 it was a horrible election year, and, you know, I lost. But I lost because I continued to be a constant conservative, and the last six years I was someone who was a national figure in the sense that I was the third ranking Republican in leadership and I had just run President Bush's campaign in Pennsylvania. -- Rick Santorum
With this ranking system, the more you play, the better off you are. -- Pete Sampras
Maybe some guys were looking at that ranking a little bit too seriously. -- Kasey Keller
Love is an obsolete emotion, ranking in usefulness somewhere between earwigs and toe mold. -- Patricia A. McKillip
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You can't buy ATP points to buy your ranking. It's not possible; otherwise Gulbis would be No. 1 in the world. -- Tommy Haas
I was an assistant U.S. attorney. I was the associate attorney general of the United States, third-ranking official under Ronald Reagan. -- Rudy Giuliani
We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts, and cultivate those. -- Daniel Goleman
Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions. -- Caitlin Moran
Good SEO work only gets better over time. It's only search engine tricks that need to keep changing when the ranking algorithms change. -- Jill Whalen
If you care about your longevity and health, be a socially affiliated baboon who is better than high-ranking ones at walking away from provocations. -- Robert M. Sapolsky
The highest ranking woman in the Congress, Cathy McMorris Rodgers who has given birth three times while she's been in Congress. That's pretty impressive. -- Kellyanne Conway
I am the only high-ranking U.S. official to ever meet with Kim Jong-il, and we are the same height and both wear high heels. -- Madeleine Albright
There are plenty of people in the in the military and high ranking generals that do not feel that they have been optimized or listened to . -- Kimberly Guilfoyle
In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders. -- Jimmy Fallon
Forget boys and read a good book. Or study. When you're twenty-five and ranking in the big bucks, men will be falling all over you're a successful professional woman. -- Stephie Davis
The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism. -- David Bennun
If I would go out against some of these players and see them as their ranking, then I probably would have already lost before I even stepped on the court. -- Johanna Konta
When Serena Williams is number one, its hard to think of being number one, but still I have confidence that I can win more titles and reach a higher ranking. -- Simona Halep
I mean, you know, while I'm acting on stage I'm ranking quite high, but in a room with Barack Obama I'm probably into negative digits. I never feel very famous... -- David Tennant
Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way. -- Michael Mullen
Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine. -- Mikhail Prokhorov
Adam Schiff, who is of course the ranking member on the House Select Committee said earlier today I`d be worried about an impulsive president with an impulsive national security adviser. -- Kristen Welker
If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about it. -- Pete Sampras
The Orthodox hierarchy doesn't have the kind of power that high-ranking clergy do in other churches. There isn't even a worldwide governing board to hold all the various Orthodox bodies together. -- Frederica Mathewes-Green
Reaching the top 100 was always my goal since I started to play as a pro. In '05 I came quite close, reaching a ranking of No. 129, but then was stopped by a major shoulder injury. -- Marco Chiudinelli
The Central Propaganda Department is the highest-ranking censorship agency in China. And it has control over everything from the appointment of newspaper editors to university professors to the way that films are cut and distributed. -- Evan Osnos

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