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Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.

~Alan Rosenberg

Topics: Bargaining Fair Fair Play Leverage Matters Play

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Sadness... reflecting on the proud legacy of trust and fair play on which Reliance Industries was founded by my visionary father Dhirubhai Ambani, and how far RIL appeared to have moved away from those original values.

~Anil Ambani

Topics: Appeared Away Fair Fair Play Far Father Founded How How Far Industries Legacy Moved Original Play Proud Reflecting Reliance Sadness Those Trust Values Visionary Which

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Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

~Ann Richards

Topics: America Anyone Anyone Else Believe Black Chance Come Country Democrats Disabled Else Fair Fair Play Hispanic Matter Neighborhood Now Out Play Poor Same Small Small Town Still Town Whether Women

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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Any Beholden Congress Corporate Damaged Fair Fair Play Feel Frustrated General Interest Interests Justice Money Play Progress Solution Who Will

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Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Any Beholden Congress Corporate Damaged Designed Fair Fair Play Feel Frustrated General Interest Interests Justice Money Play Problems Progress Solution Solve Washington Who Will

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Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.

~Edmund White

Topics: Accept America American American Spirit Been Case Come Convincing Did Equality Fair Fair Play Families Gay Had Leaders Like Made Mainstream Marriage Marriage Equality Play Rights Same Should Spirit Straight Were Why

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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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Remember when John Roberts was seeking confirmation of the Supreme Court, and he said judges should be just like umpires, just calling balls and strikes? Well, turnabout is fair play. What baseball needs behind the plate are umpires like those judges who are called strict constructionists, which means you follow subtle law to the letter.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Balls Baseball Behind Calling Confirmation Court Fair Fair Play Follow He John Judges Just Law Letter Like Means Needs Plate Play Remember Remember When Roberts Said Seeking Should Strict Strikes Subtle Supreme Supreme Court Those Umpires Well Which Who You

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

~George Orwell

Topics: Bound Disregard Fair Fair Play Hatred In Other Words Jealousy Minus Nothing Other Play Pleasure Rules Sadistic Serious Shooting Sport Up Violence War Witnessing Words

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