#competition

I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love to sing. ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#before #competition #go #going #i

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. ↗

— Edward Bond

#asked #being #called #community #competition

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. ↗

— Michael Chang

#always #competition #doing #everything #i

The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#already #check #claim #competition #degree

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#competition #ensured #fate #freedom #guaranteed

I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names. ↗

— John Corigliano

#because #competition #completely #different #different people

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#i #i think #lot #rock #scene

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#being #competitions #creative #creative writing #enter

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#difficulty #doing #going #gold #gold medal

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

#competition #counts #equal #go #out