Winning Quotes - Page 35

• [Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

  Aristophanes

  War, Men, Faithful

  "Lysistrata". Book by Aristophanes, 411 BCE.

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• The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush.

  William Ellery Channing

  Crush, Hate, World

  William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(411 p.)”, p.161

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• The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

  Michael Moore

  Numbers, Enemy, Occupation

  "All Hail Moore" by David Brooks, www.nytimes.com. June 26, 2004.

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• Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

  Michael Moore

  Kings, Awards, Games

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• Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.

  Alanis Morissette

  School, Way, Partnership

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• I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.

  Steven Morrissey

  Thinking, Teeth, Useless

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• A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'

  Viggo Mortensen

  Years, Top 10, Watches

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• Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.

  Victor Hugo

  Voice, Progress, Battle

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games.

  Tom Robbins

  Cheating, Games, Trying

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.226, Bantam

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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, Space

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• Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.

  Jose Mourinho

  Team, Believe, Play

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• But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

  Jose Mourinho

  Team, Thinking, Europe

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• Winning ugly is still winning.

  Kevin Hearne

  Ugly, Stills

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.111, Del Rey

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• I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name of the Wind Like a hardbound brick of win. Story bling. Wanna swipe that thing Cause you see that boy is speeding Right through the book he’s reading. I’m hooked and I can’t stop pleading. Wanna curl up with that for ages, All thousand pages. Reviewers tried to warn me. But with that plot you hooked Me like Bradley. Ooh, crack that fat spine. You know I wanna make you mine. This book is stella ’cause it ain’t some quick novella.

  Jim C. Hines

  Lying, Book, Reading

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• Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

  Elon Musk

  Years, Car, Trends

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

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• It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

  Benito Mussolini

  Writing, Hands, People

  "Famous Lines : A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations" by Robert Andrews, (p. 330), 1997.

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• Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Country, Emotional, Games

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• I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'

  Li Na

  Thinking, Player, People

  "French Open: Li Na stays on the level after life-changing Paris victory". Interview with Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2012.

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• For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

  Rafael Nadal

  Hard Work, Healthy, Important

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". The Sydney Morning Herald Interview, www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

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• I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

  Rafael Nadal

  Order, Long, Argument

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• We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

  Rafael Nadal

  Trying, Gears, Speed

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• I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Tennis, Victory

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

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• In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

  Rafael Nadal

  Thinking, Tennis, Luck

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

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• My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

  Rafael Nadal

  Games, Goal, Healthy

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". The Sydney Morning Herald Interview, www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

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• Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that’s why people gravitate to that so much.

  Steve Nash

  Black And White, People, Losing

  "Q&A: Steve Nash on Trying Out for Inter Milan, the Dwight Howard Pitch Meeting, and His Favorite TV Dramas". Interview with Zach Lowe, grantland.com. July 31, 2013.

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