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• The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald. He's wily, talented and-rarest of the rare-a true original. He writes melancholy poetry that actually has melancholy poets wandering around, but don't turn your backs on them, either. I am always eager to see what he's going to do next.

  Laura Lippman

  Eye, Writing, Mcdonalds

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• No amount of artificial protection can permanently maintain an obsolete product, an inferior process or a moribund organization against competitors which are based on scientifically improved products or methods.

  Karl Taylor Compton

  Organization, Protection, Obsolete

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• I think we're our biggest competition. I think the racetrack's the biggest competition. If we go and race the racetrack and try to go around the racetrack faster than our competition, then that's the goal. I look at it as a competition between us and the racetrack because it's all about lap time.

  Jeff Burton

  Thinking, Race, Goal

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• There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Important, Needs, Matter

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• The nice thing about Toronto is there's not a competition.

  John Turturro

  Nice, Toronto, Nice Things

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• I think it's a right that every American parent should have - choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.

  Cindy McCain

  School, Thinking, Should Have

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• The competition is a big part of it [racing] - the passion you have for the sport and the knowledge you have. You're not just going to wake up one day and say, " think I'll do something different." This is what I've done my whole life. My competitive nature and my passion for the sport, those are the things that keep you wanting to do better.

  Bobby Labonte

  Sports, Passion, Thinking

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Going after any movie there is a lot of competition to try and get it.

  Jon M. Chu

  Trying

  Source: screenrant.com

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• Can we have a conversation about the substance? That's what I welcome. We're happy to have those conversations if there are places where people think there can be improvements. We want competition in the system, so let's talk about that.

  Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  Thinking, People, Substance

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think when you add a layer of competition, I think that adds something to it as well. It's also fun to see people who have talent given a platform and an opportunity to shine and an opportunity to become recognized for what they do.

  Dan Cutforth

  Fun, Thinking, Opportunity

  "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.

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• I understand boxing has been around for so long, and it's old money. The sport has such a history, I just don't understand how it's even a competition though.

  Jake Hecht

  Sports, Long, Boxing

  Interview with Garrett Derr, bleacherreport.com. June 8, 2012.

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• All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

  Samuel Smiles

  Struggle, Fall, Men

  Samuel Smiles (1881). “Thrift; Or, How to Get on in the World...”

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• Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he's got to keep running or bust!

  John D. Rockefeller

  Running, Strong, Intelligent

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• Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing it better.... Forget the competition and go at your own pace. Your only contest is with yourself.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Trying, Pace

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• Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.

  Shaun White

  Trying, Bigs, Tricks

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• Because the sport has changed, competition is not only stronger but it's deeper throughout the field than it's ever been. It's harder to win.

  Jeff Gordon

  Sports, Winning, Stronger

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• I love the competition no matter at what age.

  Jason Kidd

  Age, Matter

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• We worshipped in the temple of cutthroat competition, and so some cooked the books, because the treasure is so great.

  Desmond Tutu

  Book, Treasure, Temples

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• To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball.

  Jermaine O'Neal

  Basketball, Player, Usa

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• Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.

  Mariah Nelson

  Passion, People, Perfection

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• Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance.

  Mariah Nelson

  Sports, Mirrors, Romance

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• Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital. Running against another in a race may benefit our speed, but jointly organising the sports day produces cooperation and trust. There are many situations where cooperation and reciprocity are more effective than competition. Civic virtues come from building on what we have in common rather than by using our differences to create in-groups, outgroups and fear driven competition

  Eva Cox

  Sports, Running, Race

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• I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It's not a competition.

  Carrie Underwood

  Jealous, Thinking, Important

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• Dogs are quick to show their affection. They never pout, they never bear a grudge. They never run away from home when mistreated. They never complain about their food. They never gripe about the way the house is kept. They are chivalrous and courageous, ready to protect their mistress at the risk of their lives. They love children, and no matter how noisy and boisterous they are, the dog loves every minute of it. In fact, a dog is still competition for a husband. Perhaps if we husbands imitated a few of our dog's virtues, life with our family might be more amiable.

  Billy Graham

  Running, Dog, Children

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• Every time the light turns green, stay in the thick of competition.

  Don Garlits

  Light, Green, Turns

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