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Quotes About Competition

and the session concluded with Paul speaking with Pam of human domestication of animals into pets as an expression of our need "to control everything around us because of fear," the narrow perspective of human identity, and the "twisted," competitive, and intolerant culture we have evolved.
~ John E. Mack
successful businesses and economies invest into a downturn, aiming to emerge on the other side ahead of their competitors.
~ John Elkington
Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole.
~ John F. Kennedy
NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs based on our skills and our productivity.
~ John F. Kerry
THE "GAMES" BEGIN
~ John Feinstein
Fifteen minutes in the majors means you're a great baseball player," said Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland—who never got his fifteen minutes above the Triple-A level. "People just can't understand how good you have to be to get there at all.
~ John Feinstein
You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.
~ John Flanagan
Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,' Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?' Stig: 'I like my head where it is.
~ John Flanagan
They sailed into Raguza and Hal said, as bold as brass, "We've come to challenge Zavac and we plan to kick his—
~ John Flanagan
It was ten against ten. So, as Svengal later recounted, it was no contest. He had the enemy outnumbered three to one.
~ John Flanagan
You think our mam likes you better than me?" challenged whichever one was the other. (Don't blame me. I've lost track too.)
~ John Flanagan
It's only cheating if you're caught doing it. Otherwise, it's good tactics.
~ John Flanagan
Ooooh! Die was raak! Ik heb de roos geraakt,' gilde ze op een toon waarvan zij dacht dat die op meisjesachtige opwinding leek. Ze liet de boog vallen en klapte in haar handen. Arnaut rolde met zijn ogen. 'Aanstelster,' zei hij zachtjes.
~ John Flanagan
It seems whenever someone has a good idea like this, other people simply can't wait to rob them.
~ John Flanagan
You wait till it's over and see who's won," he said. "Then you know those were the right risks to take.
~ John Flanagan
They were competing in the Maktig competition
~ John Flanagan
Diamond cut diamond.
~ John Ford
In every age and clime we seeTwo of a trade can never agree.
~ John Gay
Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another.
~ John Gay
All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.
~ John Grisham
The wise leader does not make a show of holiness or pass out grades for good performance. That would create a climate of success and failure. Competition and jealousy follow.
~ John Heider
For the next ten days, Hillary would come at Obama, guns blazing, armed with a line that, in the context of her new persona, was so well pitched and perfectly modulated that it almost sounded like poetry.
~ John Heilemann
And while I at length debate and beat the bush,There shall step in other men and catch the birds.
~ John Heywood
As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.
~ John Hodgman