Contests Quotes - Page 3

• The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

  Al Gore

  Popularity, Presidency, Popularity Contest

  "Gore accepts Democratic nomination 'as my own man'" by Mike Ferullo, www.cnn.com. August 18, 2000.

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• Art has never been a popularity contest.

  James Levine

  Art, Popularity, Popularity Contest

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• The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war growing in intensity and bitterness.

  Stephen Johnson Field

  Money, War, Political

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• I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Personality, Popularity

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• I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Events, Doctrine

  Diary entry, March 14, 1881.

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• You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

  Epictetus

  Being Yourself, Issues, Doe

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• When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Childhood, Presidential

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• I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.

  Arthur Godfrey

  Song, Years, Two

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• It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

  Lord Byron

  Time, Giving, Agitation

  "Poet of all the passions" by Fiona MacCarthy, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2002.

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• I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Song, Artist

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• All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Love, Fighting, Men

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• I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong. ...Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

  Kathryn Budig

  Inspirational, Yoga, People

  Twitter post from Aug 25, 2014

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• Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title

  Robin Sharma

  Doors, Games, Names

  Twitter post from Dec 07, 2016

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• In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.

  Pat Riley

  Warrior, Winning, Losing

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• I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By driving out the Jews and the democratic and Left element, he is driving out everything that conduces to activity. That means peace ... By suppressing Jews ... he was ending struggle in Germany.

  Gertrude Stein

  Struggle, Mean, Elements

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• Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.

  Frederick Douglass

  War, Civilization, Territory

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• They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't we just put all the contestants on 'Jeopardy!' and pick Miss America that way? At least you get the smartest one.

  Jay Leno

  America, Missing, Way

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

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• Less than seventy-five years after it officially began, the contest between capitalism and socialism is over: capitalism has won.

  Robert Heilbroner

  Years, Socialism, Capitalism

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• Turning seventy is like beginning the eighth inning of a baseball game. The contest is nearing completion, but there's likely to be some action, and even a few exciting plays, before the game draws to an end.

  Mardy Grothe

  Baseball, Games, Play

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• I got my first laugh when my mother entered me in a baby contest.

  Phyllis Diller

  Mother, Baby, Laughing

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• It is important to strengthen the State governments; and as this cannot be done by any change in the Federal Constitution (for the preservation of that is all we need contend for), it must be done by the States themselves, erecting such barriers at the constitutional line as cannot be surmounted either by themselves or by the General Government. The only barrier in their power is a wise government. A weak one will lose ground in every contest.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wise, Government, Important

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792”, p.351, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?

  Buster Keaton

  Friendly, Film, Subtitles

  Interview with Studs Terkel, 1960.

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• I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism.

  Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

  Hate, Winning, Careers

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

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• I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super nice to even tune the guitar that I also won from the contest for me and we decided to jam to one of his hit songs, ”Lucky”. I actually don’t remember how I was able to sing because I was so nervous at the time but it would also be a dream come true if i can have the honor to share the stage with Jason Mraz one day!

  Megan Lee

  Dream, Song, Nice

  "Interview with Megan Lee of Make It Pop!". Glitter Magazine Interview, glittermagrocks.com. March 25, 2015.

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