Winning Quotes - Page 38

• 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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• I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Moving, Mountain, Looks

  Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “Animal Dreams: A Novel”, p.36, Harper Collins

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• Don't ever forget the words on a postcard that my father sent me last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

  Anna Quindlen

  Father, Race, Years

  Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

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• In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. Any person, thing, or object could be drafted into service in the struggle against darkness and evil - remade as a weapon or a warrior or a superhero. Even a little bee named Michael - after God's own avenging angel - could pitch in to win the battle against wickedness.

  Grant Morrison

  Struggle, Angel, Warrior

  Grant Morrison (2011). “Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero”, p.48, Random House

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• It is not enough merely to win; others must lose.

  Gore Vidal

  Enough, Loses

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• Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

  Howard Tayler

  Shells, Mercenary, Position

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• ...people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win...even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing.

  S. E. Hinton

  Hurt, Fighting, People

  S. E. Hinton (2012). “The Outsiders”, p.80, Penguin

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• Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here. flight is essential but i can't let my fear show. Winning means fame and fortune, losing mean certain death, The Hunger Games have begun . . .

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Simple, Games

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• Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great deal of fighting," I mused. "Oh, yes, when applied correctly mighty and noble battles result! Of course I always win—the value of Prince X is a constant. It cannot be lesser than that of Monster Y—this is the Moral Superiority Hypothesis made famous five hundred years ago by my ancestor Ethelred, the Mathematician-King. We have never seen his equal, in all these centuries.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Kings, Fighting, Years

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• A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost.

  Terry Pratchett

  Inspirational, Thinking, Victory

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• Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future! Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

  Jerry Garcia

  Running, Live Life, Expecting

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• We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.

  Paul Farmer

  Team, Fighting, Long

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• When you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to love you...now, that’s the trick.

  John Green

  Love You, People, Stranger

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.235, Penguin

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• The world has been printing books for 450 years, and yet gunpowder still has a wider circulation. Never mind! Printer's ink is the greater explosive: it will win.

  Christopher Morley

  Book, Years, Mind

  Christopher Morley (2013). “The Haunted Bookshop”, p.11, Melville House

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• To straddle the middle ground and win elections, we have to be in charge of the political agenda. This can only be done by not being beaten in the argument with our critics. They complain that I come down too hard on their arguments. But wrong ideas have to be challenged before they influence public opinion and make for problems. Those who try to be clever at the expense of the government should not complain if my replies are as sharp as their criticisms.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Clever, Government, Ideas

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• A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, chosen from over ten thousand entries, was the Los Angeles Convention Center.

  James Frey

  Names, Expansion, Exhibitions

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• Sometimes you have to lose to win

  Gregory David Roberts

  Sometimes, Loses

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• To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will - we all do... If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't win," we moan. "They won't let us win."

  Benjamin Carson

  Mean, Thinking, Trying

  "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story". Book by Benjamin Carson, 1990.

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• Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong, mistaken, or a poor craftsman, or just ignorant - but this is no indication of the true worth of one's total human identity: past, present and future!

  Sylvia Plath

  Acceptance, Past, Rejection

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.205, Anchor

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• I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even look with charity towards the altar and the figure dangling there. She loves us both, I thought, but if there is to be a conflict between an image and a man, I know who will win. I could put my hand on her thigh or my mouth on her breast; he was imprisoned behind the altar and couldn't move to plead his cause.

  Graham Greene

  Moving, Men, Hands

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• Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Conservative

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• O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Helping, Loser

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• I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into her blazer pocket. "Look at him." "He's right here, Ri," Carla murmured, shooting Keenan an apologetic look. "We've tried to teach her manners, but..." She shrugged. "It's like housebreaking a dog. If we'd had her when she was a puppy, maybe." Rianne smacked her on the arm, but she was grinning. "Woof, woof.

  Melissa Marr

  Dog, Pockets, Looks

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• The kingdoms' people were at the mercy of the natures of those who rose to be their rulers. It was a gamble, and the current generation did not make for a winning hand.

  Kristin Cashore

  Hands, People, Rose

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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