#win

Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I, start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to 20. ↗

— Eric Carle

#i #i think #idea #least #novel

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#losers #luck #poor #rich #winners

I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest! ↗

— Camille Claudel

#any #because #bed #better #cannot

I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief! ↗

— Pat Cash

#dreamed #had #happened #i #more

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything. ↗

— Pete Cashmore

#anything #ask #constantly #dad #doing

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process. ↗

— Julian Castro

#being #democratic #democratic process #developed #dragged

I don't really unwind after a performance. I'm still pumped up and just want to get back on stage. ↗

— Hollie Cavanagh

#back #get #i #just #performance

Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#assessment #available #based #current #decided

My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#any #enemy #even #executed #fire

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. ↗

— Neville Chamberlain

#itself #losers #may #side #victor