Playing Fields Quotes - Page 2

• Over the last few years, the world has become a smaller and more integrated place with technology that is leveling the playing field like never before.

  Ron Kind

  Technology, Years, World

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• Just for the record, I'm in favor of drug testing EVERY year just as long as it's a level playing field. The problem arises that a lot of these substances are hard to detect. So, it's very difficult to have true, drug-free bodybuilding competition, especially on the professional level.

  Lee Labrada

  Bodybuilding, Years, Long

  Interview with John Hansen, www.bodybuilding.com. August 10, 2014.

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• Winning is an approach to life. The place it starts is not on the playing field or in the business organization; nor is it competitive. We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Buddhism, Winning

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• It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field.

  Joe Hockey

  Government, Roles, Tools

  "Joe Hockey says 'we can't promise equality' as he dismisses budget critics" by Lenore Taylor, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2014.

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• In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Order, Levels, Fields

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• Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

  Carl Lewis

  Country, Jamaica, Needs

  "Carl Lewis speaks out on Bolt, U.S. performance in Beijing, more". Interview with Arash Markazi, www.si.com. September 11, 2008.

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• The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.

  Sara Sheridan

  Criticism, Level Playing Field, Levels

  "Why Writers Must Embrace Social Media, No Matter the Genre". www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011.

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• Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.

  Vinton Cerf

  People, Level Playing Field, Levels

  "Vint Cerf: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 24, 2008.

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• Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.

  Michael K. Powell

  Dream, Fields, Tools

  "Broadband Internet Keeps The American Dream Alive & Accessible" by Michael K. Powell, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2010.

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• Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

  Robert Mankoff

  Levels, Fields, Understood

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• I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!

  Erin Gruwell

  Educational, Believe, Fighting

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• In football I enjoyed competing and wanted to be the best. That was also part of it. There were quite a few factors. I loved the game, it was a great way to socialize and I liked playing against girls because it meant competing on a level playing field.

  Hope Powell

  Girl, Football, Games

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• The playing field is more sacred than the stock exchange, more blessed than Capital Hill or the vaults of Fort Knox. The diamond and the gridiron -- and, to a lesser degree, the court, the rink, the track, and the ring -- embody the American dream of Eden.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Dream, Blessed, Eden

  Lewis H. Lapham (1989). “Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion”

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• Raising the minimum wage is very efficient. Everybody's on the same playing field, it's a very simple rule, it doesn't require a lot of administration, you don't have to negotiate anything. It just is what it is.

  Nick Hanauer

  Simple, Administration, Minimum Wage

  Source: gawker.com

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• This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Blessed, Blessing

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• Al Gore has made no serious attempt to level the playing field for U.S. agriculture exports, which have fallen 16 percent in the last three years. And Al Gore has opposed every serious proposal to provide American farmers with meaningful tax relief.

  Dan Quayle

  Meaningful, Agriculture, Years

  "Republican rivals focus on farm crisis" by David Yepsen, www.cnn.com. August 12, 1999.

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• If the CEO doesn’t see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space.

  Steve Ballmer

  Team, Space, May

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• If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

  Maynard Jackson

  Opportunity, Level Playing Field, Guarantees

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• I've been screwed by as many women as I have by men, in terms of lawyers. But lawyers don't count. If you take lawyers out of the equation, you have a more fair playing field. There is a sisterhood.

  Courtney Love

  Sisterhood, Men, Fields

  Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. May 1, 2014.

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• The job of an elected president is to overcome the past and change the playing field.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Jobs, Past, President

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field.

  John B. Larson

  Reality, Leader, Want

  "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

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• Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.

  Roger McGuinn

  Artist, Years, Laptops

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• If the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton, the Japanese bases in the Pacific were captured on the beaches of the Caribbean.

  Holland Smith

  Beach, Marine, Battle

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• The Internet has leveled the investment playing field.

  Donald Luskin

  Fields, Internet, Investment

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• No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your own hands and body. As the ball makes its high, long arc beyond the playing field, the diamond and the stands suddenly belong to one man. In that brief, brief time, you are free of all demands and complications.

  Sadaharu Oh

  Running, Home, Men

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