Competitive Quotes
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The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that may indeed cause them pain, for most women the ego is like a fragile African Violet, grown in secret fr...
Starhawk
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I don`t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.
Richard M. Nixon
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The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be only sustainable competitive advantage.
Arie de Geus
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
Margaret Mead
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... I wouldn`t date an actress. There`s only room for one actor in my life and I`m it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it`s very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star a...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge. Sometimes that will cut it, other times it won`t. But I`m someone who rema...
Benicio Del Toro
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I wanted to be a boy when I was young because boys got to do all the good stuff. So I became very aggresive and very competitive at a young age.
Amy Madigan
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(On his love of the stock market - 2007) I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that`s all it is. All I see is green and red.
Josh Brolin
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Normally, people tend to shut off their ambitions and competitive thinking because it doesn`t help them much in normal life. But in the movie business you`ve constantly got to prove yourself. So I can be a real asshole on the set sometimes.
Ben Stiller
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("What was the most diificult time of her life?"): Probably when I was at the National Ballet School of Canada, from the ages of nine to fourteen. It`s the best dance school in the world, but an extremely competitive one, and there was a lot of pressure f...
Neve Campbell
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I`m a race car driver, and I`m a very competitive one.
Danica Patrick
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I go up for a job, someone else gets it, what can I do about that? That might be in another league to me, people being competitive. But it`s not like running a race. I`m not against anyone. I think that`s a much more American thing, that.
Imelda Staunton
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I would love to do a great part for a woman like the role Angelica Huston had in "The Grifters." There are 60 million people on this block alone who would love to do those kind of parts, too. It`s a tough, competitive business out there; keep hanging in, ...
Teri Garr
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I`m ambitious, but not competitive. You`d drive yourself crazy if you were. You know, there are actually enough jobs out there for all of us.
Amelia Warner
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I`m very, very, very competitive in everything I do, I will be trying hard to beat everybody.
Jodie Marsh
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I`d done two movies with Elvis Presley. I`d been around Hollywood for a while - and saw how needlessly competitive and negative it could be. It never held my interest.
Dolores Hart
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[What wife Joanne Woodward thinks of his love for racing] She thinks competitive driving is the silliest thing in the world. It is also very scary for her, and she doesn`t much care for it.
Paul Newman
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I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
Anthony Perkins
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I`ve worked with people and I`ve known people that were really competitive but I`ve always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job but if it means hurting someone I won`t do it.
Anne Hathaway
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I kinda see everyone as competition. I`m a very competitive person. But I think that`s good. Competition is great. And as long as it`s friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it`s cool.
Janet Jackson
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I`m a soccer fanatic, so I`m very competitive. I`m always ready to play, and I`m always asking, `Why isn`t everyone ready to play?`
Emily Osment
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[quoted by Robert Osborne, "Academy Awards 1974 Oscar Annual"] I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I`m really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.
Robert Redford
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I`m a very competitive person, so I identify with Kris in that way. Sometimes she has a little more confidence than I do, which is cool. I`m a big tomboy and I like sports, but I`m also girly and I giggle a lot more.
Genevieve Cortese
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You, as business owners, have the opportunity to shape the workforce that you want and need to stay competitive. The pieces are lined up. Let`s do it. The marketplace is unforgiving for those who wait.
Michael Steele
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You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don`t stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it`s competitive and it`s a wonderful show, but it`s not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that.
Andrew Fyfe
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You know, I like to be competitive. I mean, it`s all part of the game. But, yes, sure, I`d rather not have it. I`ll go with Ted Turner on that.
Connie Chung
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You can`t compete. The big competitive edge Brazilians have is labor.
Ron Edwards
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You can never find a more competitive person on the planet than Herb. That family was unbelievable to be around in terms of an environment where competitiveness was allowed to thrive.
Aron Buchman
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Women are very competitive, in case you haven`t noticed. And women tend to hold grudges - not just on our tour, but women in general. Once I started playing well, it wasn`t an issue any more. I don`t think anyone wanted me to fail, but I remember some gir...
Anil Biswas
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Women are very competitive, in case you haven`t noticed, ... And women tend to hold grudges - not just on our tour, but women in general. Once I started playing well, it wasn`t an issue any more. I don`t think anyone wanted me to fail, but I remember some...
Anil Biswas
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