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• There is competition. It's almost like I'm back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for the number one spot for a big or medium film.

  Aaron Zigman

  Numbers, Tennis, Competition

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• We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses.

  Richard M. Daley

  Travel, Airports, Needs

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• I'm pro-life. The law protects women's right to chose, and I think there's a competing right, which is the rights of the unborn. And as you get closer to term, I think the rights of the unborn become more and more prevalent.

  Jeb Bush

  Thinking, Rights, Law

  "SKIMM YOUR CANDIDATE: Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (FL), Republican". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2015.

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• In many cases students are never exposed to competing ideas within their families, churches, or Christian schools, and as a result they go out into the world unprepared for the intellectual battles they are about to encounter, especially on secular college campuses.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Christian, School, College

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• I kissed my first girl when I was 15, and then I lost my virginity when I was 17. So that's pretty good. It was just that when you're in high school, you're sort of forced into the normal world, where you're competing with the football players, just kind of in that world where somebody like me didn't quite fit in.

  James Mercer

  Girl, Football, School

  "James Mercer of The Shins". Interview with Marc Hawthorne, music.avclub.com. February 9, 2007.

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• When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I had to become better within myself.

  Aaron Zigman

  Winning, Play, Tennis

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• If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.

  Michael Schumacher

  Winning, Thinking, Race

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Once open source gets good enough, competing with it would be insane.

  Larry Ellison

  Insane, Would Be, Good Enough

  Transcript: FT interview with Larry Ellison, www.ft.com. April 18, 2006.

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• Science is a process for learning about nature in which competing ideas about how the world works are measured against observations.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Ideas, World, Process

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• Ultimately when you have the perspective of why you're competing and what you're trying to pursue, the rest just falls into place.

  David Boudia

  Fall, Perspective, Trying

  "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. 2012.

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• They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Dream, Memorial, President

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• Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.

  Carolina Herrera

  Fun, Men, Allure

  "The Evolution of Elegance". Interview with Renee Zellweger, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 15, 2016.

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• Trophies separate the winners from losers, and life is about winning and losing. Go into business and you see. You're competing every day.

  Jim Courier

  Winning, Trophies, Losing

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• I was young. I was 23 or 24. I just wasn't a fan of the politics of campaigning - of going into that environment and competing and trying to get into the good graces of the writers.

  Simon Helberg

  Grace, Trying, Fans

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• The first mistake is believing that transformational initiatives can be accomplished through normal channels and means. This cannot be done because there are too many conflicting interests that are competing to impede. The second is mistaking incubation for transformation and concluding that failure to achieve escape velocity is due to lack of innovation. It never is. It is always do to lack of leadership focus and, especially, fortitude.

  Geoffrey Moore

  Mistake, Believe, Mean

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The rate of growth of the relevant population is much greater than the rate of growth in funds, though funds have gone up very nicely. But we have been producing students at a rapid rate; they're competing for funds and therefore they're more frustrated. I think there's a certain sense of weariness in the intellectual realm, it's not in any way peculiar to economics, it's a general proposition.

  Kenneth Arrow

  Thinking, Growth, Frustrated

  Source: www.minneapolisfed.org

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• Michael Jordan makes you bring your game to another level. That's why I loved competing against him.

  John Starks

  Games, Jordan, Levels

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• When we see society telling women that they have a certain time, that they make women compete with each other, the older generation competing with the younger generation. They've made us believe that there's not enough men out there for us or that we're only hired because of our looks and not because of our abilities.

  Karla Souza

  Believe, Men, Generations

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• What's great about this hotel [Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA] is that I stayed here for a month when I was competing on the Oprah reality show. So it's like coming home.

  Zach Anner

  Home, Reality, Cities

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• I enjoy competing in the marketplace of free ideas.

  Jeff Gannon

  Ideas, Enjoy, Marketplace

  Jeff Gannon (2007). “The Great Media War: A Battlefield Report”, Iuniverse Inc

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• I had been working on some mechanical issues before I got called up. When I got called up I was focused on trying to be mechanically correct instead of enjoying the moment and competing like I had always done which is probably the main reason to why I wasn't very successful in my first start.

  Graham Taylor

  Successful, Issues, Trying

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• Going shopping all the time. Just making money, and competing with the niggas in other neighborhoods. And the whole competition with the girls - who had the prettiest girlfriend - and going partying. It was just on. It was fun!

  The Notorious B.I.G.

  Girl, Fun, Party

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My husband and I each had careers and two babies at home. They just demand everything from you. All the domestic duties fell to me and this resentment builds, as I think happens to a lot of young parents who have competing careers.

  Paula Broadwell

  Baby, Husband, Home

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• There are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap.

  Scott Eastwood

  Struggle, Naps, Doors

  Twitter post from Aug 15, 2016

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• I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I also wanted to be an Author and Write Great Things. I've always tried to combine the analytical with the creative, to some extent or another, because I find it hard to do one without the other. I've worked as a tech journalist, social media consultant, and now am self-publishing fiction.

  Suw Charman-Anderson

  Children, Writing, Ambition

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