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• You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Standards Set, Champion

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• Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

  Dean Kamen

  Fun, Kids, Technology

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• Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Winning, Umpires, Design

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• To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Mean, Fighting, Men

  "In Politics, What Works For A Man Still Does Not Work For A Woman" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2009.

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• I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

  Adam Lambert

  Thinking, Transition, Tvs

  "Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs". Interview With Derrik J. Lang, www.yahoo.com. May 14, 2012.

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• I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.

  Annie Lennox

  Girl, Voice, Singing

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• The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.

  Gary Lineker

  Team, Kissing, Player

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• Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.

  Audre Lorde

  Moving, Racism, Black

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.48, Crossing Press

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• I'm a catalogue artist: I compete with Bob Dylan.

  Courtney Love

  Artist, Bob, Dylan

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• If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

  John Lydon

  Writing, People, Looks

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• When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.

  Wangari Maathai

  Thinking, Management, Conflict

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• In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

  Harvey Mackay

  Training, Climate, Substitutes

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• Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Self Esteem, Team

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• I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

  Marilyn Manson

  Jealousy, Struggle, Independent

  "This much I know: Marilyn Manson". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.

  Reba McEntire

  Song, Currents, Findings

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• Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

  Joyce Meyer

  Education, Levels, Fields

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• When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

  Shannon Miller

  Motivational, Gymnastics, My Own

  Interview With Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig.

  Shemar Moore

  Men, Feet, Wigs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

  William Morris

  Art, Mean, Civilization

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.172, Cambridge University Press

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• I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.

  Van Morrison

  Stars, Rocks, Trying

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• I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Thinking, Arena, Adam

  "Viggo Mortensen Fights Nude In 'Eastern Promises' — But Could He Take Borat?". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. September 12, 2007.

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• At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.

  Jose Mourinho

  Team, Thinking, Winning

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• Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

  Elon Musk

  Law, Effort, Stores

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Years, Play

  "Rafael Nadal: 'For everybody there are tough moments. This year, mine came'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2009.

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• I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.

  John Forbes Nash

  Choices, Fellowship, Location

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