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In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It`s sure been tough on my nails.

- Jack Nicholson

Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they`re also outsiders in terms of their peer group.

- Jim McKay

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

- Taylor Hackford

John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn`t have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up.

- Julie Harris

He`d rung up to say the show ought to be taken off the airwaves. Fortunately, he later became a fan.

- Vic Reeves

You know, many of you kids can`t relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We`re looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn`t happen.

- Dave Winfield

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

- Theodore Roosevelt

By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

- William Collins

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

- Alexander Silbiger

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

- Andrew Karmen

His bell has definitely been rung. That was a pretty hard hit that he took out there.

- Angela Bozorth

Got his bell rung. Give Davie credit for knocking him out of the game for a while.

- Barbara Carpenter