#gains

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. ↗

— Kanye West

#baggy #hustled #i #jeans #me

'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments. ↗

— Randy West

#because #days #exciting #game #game show

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#aggression #believing #destroy #destructive #each

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? ↗

— Walt Whitman

#against #aside #disputed #great #learned

Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#bracket #capital #capital gains #child #create

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#against #cultural #defending #human #human rights

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#drinking #hughes #ignored #lunch #men

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. ↗

— Venus Williams

#focus #goals #i #ignore #rest

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#battle #intelligence #language #means #our