Winning Quotes - Page 37

• Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Fun, Humanness Is, Expression

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “The Passion”, p.73, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you." The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.

  Wendy Mass

  Kindness, Regret, Lying

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• All this to say: I am forty-three years old. I may yet live another forty. What do I do with those years? How do I fill them without Lexy? When I come to tell the story of my life, there will be a line, creased and blurred and soft with age, where she stops. If I win the lottery, if I father a child, if I lose the use of my legs, it will be after she has finished knowing me. "When I get to Heaven", my grandmother used to say, widowed at thirty-nine, "your grandfather won't even recognize me.

  Carolyn Parkhurst

  Children, Father, Grandmother

  Carolyn Parkhurst (2003). “The Dogs of Babel”, Large Print Press

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• love is thicker than forget more thinner than recall more seldom than a wave is wet more frequent than to fail it is most mad and moonly and less it shall unbe than all the sea which only is deeper than the sea love is less always than to win less never than alive less bigger than the least begin less littler than forgive it is most sane and sunly and more it cannot die than all the sky which only is higher than the sky

  e. e. cummings

  Love Is, Sea, Sky

  e. e. cummings (2014). “100 Selected Poems”, p.66, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.

  Anne Ursu

  Believe, Turtles, Apples

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• For most of my life I had operated under a simple schematic of winning and losing, but cancer was teaching me a tolerance for ambiguities.

  Lance Armstrong

  Cancer, Teaching, Simple

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• If you can't win by reason, go for volume.

  Bill Watterson

  Reason, Volume, Can't Win

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• How happy is the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe.

  W. H. Auden

  Writing, Paper, Rivals

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• This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

  Richelle Mead

  Games, Soul, Want

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.50, Kensington Books

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• Ignore any loss of nerve, ignore any loss of self-confidence, ignore any doubt or confusion. Move on believing in love, in peace, and harmony, and in great accomplishment. Remember joy isn't a stranger to you. You are winning and you are strong. Love. Love first, love always, love forever.

  Anne Rice

  Strong, Believe, Moving

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• There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

  John Flanagan

  Two, Waiting, Risk

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• Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the proper order of things?" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. "Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?" She hissed at him. Win!

  Gena Showalter

  Regret, Men, Order

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Surrender”, p.92, HQN Books

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• When every card in the deck is stacked against you, the only way to win a hand is to break the rules. You beg, borrow, and steal, as the old adage goes, and if you happen to get caught in the act, at least you´ve gone down fighting the good fight.

  Paul Auster

  Fighting, Hands, Cards

  Paul Auster (2008). “The Book of Illusions”, p.30, Faber & Faber

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• It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.'

  Paul Newman

  Beautiful, Sorry, Tired

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. "You lost this," he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. "I'm shedding.

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Leaving, Black, Dresses

  Gabrielle Zevin (2011). “All These Things I've Done”, p.171, Macmillan

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• My beautiful Win. I wanted to kiss him on every last broken place, but his mother and my lawyer were there. So, instead I started to cry.

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Beautiful, Mother, Kissing

  Gabrielle Zevin (2011). “All These Things I've Done”, p.320, Macmillan

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• Any tips for winning?” she’d asked. “Yeah. Do what you gotta do to survive.” “That’s it? Wow. You suck at pep talks.

  Gena Showalter

  Wow, Yeah, Pep

  Gena Showalter (2014). “Lords of the Underworld Collection 3: The Darkest Secret\The Darkest Surrender\The Darkest Seduction”, p.959, Harlequin

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• Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.

  Aravind Adiga

  Men, Faithful Servants, Shining

  Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.16, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• CLAIRE:your washing right? shane:i'll pay you for it. claire:what? shane:best high score wins claire:no bet 'wash, dish boy

  Rachel Caine

  Boys, Pay, Claire

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• I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it's an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Fighting, Night, Giving

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Thirteen: A Novel”, p.13, Penguin

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• A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define. "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning. "Done," I said.

  Sherwood Smith

  Kissing, Sky, Challenges

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• We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win." "I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty. "Such as?" "Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords." "Would you die for them?" "Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No." "Well then." "Wouldn't see the point, to be honest.

  Douglas Adams

  Men, Fjords, Voice

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.357, Pan Macmillan

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• In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)

  Ai Yazawa

  Justice, World, Want

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• But neither of us knows, because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it.

  Markus Zusak

  Fighting, Knows, Ifs

  Markus Zusak (2011). “Underdogs”, p.282, Scholastic Inc.

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• But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying

  Amy Tan

  Daughter, Mother, Giving

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