#petition

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted. ↗

— Toby Young

#been #being #celebrity #establishment #got

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses? ↗

— Michel Gondry

#better #competition #i #idea #kept

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#fall #i #lost #march #never

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#belongs #competitions #everybody #games #individual

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends. ↗

— Jim Henson

#anybody #competition #felt #friends #good

The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#competition #employed #factors #female #following

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#because #best #competition #department #ensures

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

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game. ↗

— Julius Erving

#cause #certain #clearly #competition #dollar