Quotes with contest

  • Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.
  • I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.
  • We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
  • It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
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  • George Washington I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Candice S. Miller Throughout this primary process the voters have vetted each candidate and after a spirited contest they have made clear who they believe is right person to lead our ticket and that is Governor Mitt Romney. I believe they have come to this conclusion because they know that Governor Romney will begin working on day one to turn around our economy.
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  • Bernard Law Montgomery With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory.
    Said to his troops on the eve of D-Day
    Bernard Law Montgomery
    British general (1887 - 1976)
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  • Bela Karolyi A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.
    Bela Karolyi
    American gymnastics coach (1942 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Thomas Szasz Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condenses and expresses a contest between the individual and some other person or persons in his environment over the control of the individual's body.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Bipasha Basu An unforgettable experience happened on December 15, 1996 when I won the Supermodel contest while still in school. I was just seventeen years old then. Winning that competition was the turning point of my life. That's how I got into modeling and later started acting.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bryan Callen Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.
    Bryan Callen
    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer (1967 - )
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  • Alexander Pope For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Arthur Godfrey He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Walter Savage Landor Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Joseph Conrad I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Bruce Forsyth I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Buddy Rich I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Lord George Byron It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Benazir Bhutto It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
    As quoted in I never asked for power in The Guardian (15 August 2002)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Philip Roth Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Bob Ehrlich Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Gerald Early The Miss America contest is the most perfectly rendered theater in our culture, for it so perfectly captures what we yearn for: a low-class ritual, a polished restatement of vulgarity, that wants to open the door to high-class respectability by way of plain middle-class anxiety and ambition.
    Gerald Early
    American essayist and American (1952 - )
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