Competition Quotes - Page 6

• Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

  Mark Rydell

  Friday, Night, Thinking

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• The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else.

  Jodi Sweetin

  Moving, Adults, Fierce

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think we all have had better days in competition.

  Carly Patterson

  Thinking, Better Days

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• My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fighting, Hats, Rings

  Newspaper interview, 21 Feb. 1912

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• Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Inspirational, Teacher, Real

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2003). “Krishnamurti on Education”, p.106, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

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• Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

  Drew Carey

  People, Work Harder, Harder

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie and Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1997.

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• The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Mean, Desire, Done

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• Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, Blue, Ideas

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• I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

  Fidel Castro

  Fake People, War, Hypocrisy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

  Simon Cowell

  Mean, Frustrated, Loser

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• From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, Fall, October

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• You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

  Gordie Howe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

  Sarah Palin

  Government, Needs, Agendas

  Keynote Speech at the Inaugural Tea Party Convention, delivered 6 February 2010, Nashville, Tennessee

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• Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.

  Orville Redenbacher

  Theatre, Popcorn, Increase

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• You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.

  Clyde Tombaugh

  Fields, Financial, Fierce

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• They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove.

  Tony Curtis

  Weekend, Winning, Stoves

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• We have a lot of rule changes. I am part of the competition committee. We spent a lot time evaluating the game, how do we make the game better for our fans.

  Ron Jaworski

  Games, Fans, Committees

  "Philadelphia Soul President Ron Jaworski". Interview with Fran Stuchbury, www.oursportscentral.com. August 15, 2005.

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• I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

  Olga Korbut

  Games, World, Championship

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• A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition.

  Jerry Bruckheimer

  Marketplace

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 15, 2003.

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• And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.

  Olga Korbut

  Sports, Simple, Years

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• By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills.

  Melissa Bean

  Choices, Bills, Currents

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• I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

  Mark Rydell

  Weekend, Long, Known

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• I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

  Sasha Cohen

  Sports, Land, Style

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• I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

  Peggy Fleming

  Sports, Fitness, Running

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• Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition.

  Sumner Redstone

  Wall, Too Much, Streets

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