My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel and his driver, and thus began a long series of jokes and competitions to alleviate the impossible hours and tensions this film provoked.
~By Madeleine Stowe ~
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
~By Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?
~By Cate Blanchett ~
The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.
~By John P. Kotter ~
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.
~By Edwin Starr ~
Whenever the competition is sleeping is when I shine.
~By Kim Collins ~
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
~By Sergei Bubka ~
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
~By Bill Joy ~
I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.
~By Bobby Vinton ~
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.
~By Walter Cronkite ~
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.
~By John Thorn ~
Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!
~By Beah Richards ~
When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.
~By Robert McChesney ~
Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
~By Bart Starr ~
There are horses people use for competition, and if they don't perform well or go lame, then people ask the vet to put them down to get the insurance money. And my vet knows I love horses, so he gives them to me.
~By Daryl Hannah ~
At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.
~By Andre Boucourechliev ~
But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?
~By Jeanne Tripplehorn ~
I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.
~By Peggy Fleming ~
Beware the old man in young guy's clothes. If he's over 35 and comes to pick you up looking as though he's headed for a skateboarding competition while you are dressed to go to a nice restaurant, this is not a good sign.
~By Merrill Markoe ~
If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than the competition, so you have more changes to learn and win.
~By John W. Holt, Jr. ~
As soon, however, as capitalist competition has definitively established the equal rate of profit, that rate becomes the starting point for the calculations of the capitalists in the investment of capital in newly-created branches of production.
~By Rudolf Hiferding ~
There's always competition out there. That's what makes life exciting.
~By Carolyn Murphy ~
It's not rage that drives me, it's competition.
~By Lennox Lewis ~
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.
~By Justin Bieber ~
So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.
~By Scott Cook ~
I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.
~By Emily Rossum ~
A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition.
~By Jerry Bruckheimer ~
I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.
~By Alberto Juantorena ~
The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
~By Eric Cantona ~
The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win.
~By George Wald ~
The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.
~By Jerry B. Jenkins ~
I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.
~By Claudio Reyna ~
During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus.
~By Michel Patini ~
So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.
~By Brian Boitano ~
The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy.
~By Bob Greene ~
Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
~By Alberto Juantorena ~
You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.
~By Maya Lin ~
Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
~By John George Nicolay ~
So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.
~By Rafer Johnson ~
Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world.
~By Jim Gerlach ~
Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
~By Nadia Comaneci ~
Competition helps people figure it out.
~By Brian McBride ~
Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.
~By Donald Berwick ~
I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.
~By Maria Sharapova ~
The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.
~By Norm Dicks ~
The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches.
~By Michel Patini ~
Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.
~By Henry A. Wallace ~
In this day and time, with no competition you are really walking a tightrope. I mean you may think that no competition is good, but in reality no competition is really bad.
~By Jerry Lawler ~
Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.
~By Drew Carey ~
At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.
~By Jose Mourinho ~
The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed.
~By Lamar Hunt ~
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
~By Patti Smith ~
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
~By Fidel Castro ~
I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.
~By Edna O'Brien ~
I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.
~By Kool Moe Dee ~
There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.
~By Daniel Libeskind ~
The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.
~By Phil McGraw ~
The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.
~By George Murray ~
I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.
~By Suzanne Farrell ~
I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.
~By Sanford I. Weill ~
We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
~By Orville Redenbacher ~
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
~By Itzhak Perlman ~
And I've always - the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.
~By Katie Couric ~
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.
~By Rem Koolhaas ~
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.
~By Dorothy Hamill ~
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
~By Colin Powell ~
I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
~By Oksana Baiul ~
Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.
~By Frank B. Kellogg ~
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
~By Gary Burton ~
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.
~By George Leonard ~
I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.
~By Sasha Cohen ~
Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem... ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress.
~By Daniel Starch ~
Competitions are for horses, not artists.
~By Bela Bartok ~
Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.
~By John Shadegg ~
Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me.
~By Olga Korbut ~
There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans.
~By Herman Kahn ~
You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.
~By Ed Harris ~
When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition.
~By Robert McChesney ~
Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
~By Christine Lahti ~
When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.
~By Larry King ~
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.
~By Boris Spassky ~
Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives.
~By Cathy Rindner Tempelsman ~
Competition is a sin.
~By John D. Rockefeller ~
I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition.
~By Shannon Miller ~
Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses.
~By Alfred P. Sloan ~
Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.
~By Mario Monti ~
In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
~By Thomas E. Mann ~
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
~By Thomas Hobbes ~
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
~By George S. Patton ~
Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.
~By Helen Wills Moody ~
At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition.
~By Leon Jouhaux ~
I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.
~By John Forbes Nash, Jr. ~
I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.
~By Olga Korbut ~
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
~By Avery Brundage ~
It's a tough world out there and all the guys are fighting hard and the competition is really tough.
~By Guy Forget ~
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist.
~By George Stigler ~
Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.
~By Niki Lauda ~
Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish.
~By Arthur Levitt ~
Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.
~By Lee R. Raymond ~
Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries.
~By Anders Fogh Rasmussen ~
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