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Quotes About Competition

I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.
~ Robin Hobb
El arte de la diplomacia consiste en tener la suerte de conocer más secretos de tu rival que este de ti. Actúa siempre desde una posición ventajosa. Estas eran las máximas de Artimañas. Y Veraz las acataba.
~ Robin Hobb
The same specialization has taken place in Dicranum. By sidestepping competition, numerous species can coexist, each in a habitat that they don't have to share with a sibling species, the mosses' equivalent of "A Room of One's Own.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
All our friends were rich and they worried about having the most, spending the most, trying to figure out how it could make them the best. They trusted no one. You know that silly saying, he who dies with the most toys wins? I think for a lot of people it's actually true.
~ Robyn Carr
Marjolie closes her eyes. Takes a big shuddery breath. "Turns out, DommyJ's a collector. V cards. Like, is even in a competition with his
~ Lisa Gardner
his loving wife, Catherine, who won the annual Kill a Friend, Maim a Buddy Sweepstakes at LisaGardner.com.
~ Lisa Gardner
Stop looking at me like that. Sorry, I just wanted to savor the moment, Mom replied. What moment? I asked. You're in first place, she said, and then began washing the windows.
~ Lisa Lutz
What got you into rowing?" Declan covered
~ Lisa Scottoline
How can litigation not be adversarial? That's the fun part.
~ Lisa Scottoline
The Clique.... the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
~ Lisi Harrison
The Pretty Committee: the only thing harder than getting in, is staying in.
~ Lisi Harrison
The Clique... The only thing harder then getting in is staying in.
~ Lisi Harrison
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire just started. She won't even notice I've gone!" He stuck his head around the door anyway. "Just heading out with Emily, Mom." "No, it's B, you idiot!" she shouted at the television.
~ Liz Kessler
I'm going to win the girls' race this week.
~ Lois Lowry
If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
There is this, about being the sparring partner of the best swordsman in Caribastos. I always lost. But if ever I meet the third best swordsman in Caribastos, he's going to be in very deep trouble.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Ivan didn't want to know. "You play games like that with the big boys, you'd better make damn sure you win, Miles says. Rule One. And there is no Rule Two.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
You either have to be first, best, or different.
~ Loretta Lynn
The other woman was chic and polished in a way Yvette could never be. Wavy, light brown hair, a sheer blouse and high heels only made her more attractive—and left Yvette feeling underdressed, out of place and far too intrusive. She'd come to the bar to give Cannon a message, to release him from any obligations, and instead she'd just...enjoyed him.
~ Lori Foster
In the stands, the audience was divided between booing and cheering. Half of them were upset that the read team had forfeited the race, but the other half were impressed to see a manticore punched.
~ Lou Anders
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
~ Lou Holtz
Yet when two peoples come together that one which is most efficient will survive, and the other will absorb or vanish Ã¢â'¬Â¦ it is the way of life.
~ Louis L'Amour
The idea that the world was flat was never put forth by a seafaring man. It was a tale told to landsmen, or to merchants who might be inclined to compete for markets, for in those days the source of raw material was closely guarded.
~ Louis L'Amour
Sometimes I think it is not the money, but the game. It isn't the winning so much as it is to play the cards right.
~ Louis L'Amour