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I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

~Edna O'Brien

Topics: Between Competition Friends Men Prefer Some Trust Women

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It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Against Because Competition Difficult Language No Words Only Perfect Says Silence Which Words

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All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism.

~Edward Bond

Topics: Antagonism Asked Being Community Competition Ends Everybody Instead Now Objectives Own Personal Private Pursue Seek Society Us Within You Your

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I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.

~Edward Burtynsky

Topics: Competition Could Ideas Invent Kids Launch Living Motivates New New Ideas Sustainable Wish I Wish

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One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

~Edwin Moses

Topics: Beat Competition Competitors Harold Major Me Smith

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Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

~Edwin Starr

Topics: Amount Competition Healthy Household Necessarily Nine Out Stars Ten Times Unfortunate Well You

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When the sommelier Enrico Bernardo moved to Paris from Italy nearly two decades ago, the world of French gastronomy brutally rejected him. No matter that he had won the competition for best sommelier in Italy; when he asked 30 restaurateurs for work in their wine cellars, all turned him down.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Asked Best Brutally Competition Decades Down French Had He Him Italy Matter Moved Nearly Paris Rejected Turned Two Wine Won Work World

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I loved being on Broadway, but performing has become exhausting, and I just don't want to live in New York anymore. I'm just sick of the competition in New York, the feeling that I always have to rehearse to keep up my performance. I don't feel like rehearsing, even though it should be my favorite thing in the world to do.

~Elaine Stritch

Topics: Always Anymore Become Being Broadway Competition Even Exhausting Favorite Favorite Thing Feel Feeling Just Keep Like Live Loved New New York Performance Performing Rehearse Rehearsing Should Sick Thing Though Up Want World York

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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

~Elbert Hubbard

Topics: Competition Heart Little Succeed Whole Will Work You Your

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As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.

~Eliot Spitzer

Topics: Also Amount Break Competition Deep Enforcement Fair Fair Play Faith Gets Guarantee Involved Know Larger Market Markets Money Only Play Pressure Rules Someone Stronger Those Tough Work

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