Competition Quotes - Page 37

• The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible.

  Clara Zetkin

  Two, Males, Female

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• I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

  Morena Baccarin

  Nervous, Get Real

  "Morena Baccarin Is Competitive". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. March 21, 2012.

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• When I was training, I trained with my younger brother Brady. I would wrestle some of my friends, who I had grown up with, which showed me some moves, but it was never a full on match. When I went to competitions, there were other girls, so I always wrestled girls.

  Jaimie Alexander

  Girl, Brother, Moving

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• In recent years, perhaps encouraged by competition from McDonald's, the British hamburger has become a credit to the nation. At the time of which I speak, it looked like a scorched beer-coaster or a tenderized disc brake.

  Clive James

  Funny, Humorous, Beer

  Clive James (2012). “Always Unreliable: Memoirs”, p.307, Pan Macmillan

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• Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.

  James E. Webb

  War, Moon, Space

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• The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.

  Tim Cook

  Reality, Thinking, Apples

  "Transcript: Apple CEO Tim Cook interviewed by NBC's Brian Williams". articles.latimes.com. December 06, 2012.

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• I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.

  Dana Carvey

  San Francisco, Lucky, Comedy

  "Dana Carvey talks parenting, “SNL” and Carlmont High cross country". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, blog.sfgate.com. April 30, 2010.

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• I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

  Victoria Beckham

  Giving

  Interview with Kevin Sessums, www.marieclaire.com. October 6, 2010.

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• Professional competitions are overrated.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Overrated

  Online Interview, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.

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• I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

  Alberto Salazar

  Running, Disappointment, School

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• For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition .

  Zig Ziglar

  Littles, Week, Hours

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• People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

  Jean Vanier

  Loneliness, People, Community

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• Ultra competitive people who always need to win end up enjoying things less.

  David Niven

  Winning, People, Needs

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• We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

  Bud Wilkinson

  Real, Play, Best Effort

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• I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Age, Competence

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• I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

  Jim Brown

  Standards

  Jim Brown, Steve Delsohn (1990). “Out of Bounds”, Kensington Publishing Corporation

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• In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

  Jean Driscoll

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for.

  Brian Tracy

  Pay, Advantage, Competitive Advantage

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• Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Player, Challenges

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• I'm only in competition with my last level.

  Erykah Badu

  Adventure, Levels, Lasts

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• It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Games, Important

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• Cooperation is always more powerful than competition.

  Bob Proctor

  Powerful, Cooperation

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• We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

  Simon Sinek

  Dream, Achieve, Ifs

  Twitter post from Mar 11, 2014

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• Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

  Sam Walton

  Advantage, Expenses, Competitive Advantage

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.317, Bantam

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• The only competition that matters is the one that takes place within yourself.

  Pete Carroll

  Matter

  Pete Carroll, Yogi Roth, Kristoffer A. Garin (2011). “Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion”, p.19, Penguin

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