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“Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for thou canst bear ill language with ease, and return it with pleasure; but to me it is unusual to hear, and disagreeable to speak it." There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.”

Said Today Lying Speak Language Pleasure Laughing Return Bears Tomorrow Lows Fellows Rounds Ill Treated Ease Unusual Contests Vicious Disagreeable Abusive Cato

Author:Seneca the Younger

“These have been the most successful years I've ever had. I've been placing well in the contests but more importantly I've been enjoying them. I think those two things go hand-in-hand.”

Thinking Years Wells Has Beens Two Hands Enjoy Successful Two Things Contests Hand In Hand

Author:Kelly Clark

“I was having a conversation with one of my teammates and she asked me, "Aren't you so glad it's over? We don't have to compete anymore." I thought that was a strange comment but in that moment I realized that I was doing it for the right reasons. I wasn't looking at the Olympics to define me. I wasn't to arrive somewhere by performing well in a contest.”

Wells Reason Moments Strange Conversation I Realized Glad Performing That Moment Comment Olympics Contests Teammate Performing Well

Author:Kelly Clark

“My family has always gone to church. I like to think that faith has been a part of my life since I was a lot younger. It's definitely a part of my athletic career. I always wear a cross on my goggles during contests when I'm doing something gnarly. It's a reminder that I've got someone else helping me out.”

Thinking Has Beens Helping Church Careers Gone Crosses My Family Contests Reminders Athletic Gnarly Goggles

Author:Nick Goepper

“All the exciting contests and travel and sponsorships are cool, but I like to be able to have influence on people and on youngsters.”

People Able Influence Exciting Contests Youngsters Sponsorship

Author:Nick Goepper

“God helps me for sure every day and at every contest. I broke my hand and had to get surgery on it. The recovery was really frustrating because I had to skip three weeks at the beginning of the season. But I flipped it around and took it as a blessing. I said a lot of prayers and just asked God to do His thing. I did other things to compliment the recovery like getting the right sleep and taking care of my body. But I went back to the doctor after four weeks and he was ecstatic about the recovery of my hand. I take that as a tribute to my faith and my belief in doing the right things.”

“Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to have many a defeat before we'll have an ultimate victory in this contest with Communism.”

Victory Ultimate Regard Defeat Communism Contests Despotism Plausible Abhorrence

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing it better.... Forget the competition and go at your own pace. Your only contest is with yourself.”

Writing Trying Forget Competition Pace Competing Contests Paralyzed

Author:William Zinsser

“Turning seventy is like beginning the eighth inning of a baseball game. The contest is nearing completion, but there's likely to be some action, and even a few exciting plays, before the game draws to an end.”

Ends Play Action Games Draws Baseball Exciting Contests Seventies Completion Baseball Games

Author:Mardy Grothe

“I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.”

People Humans Care Earth Winning Human Beings Don't Care Like Me I Don't Care Being The Best Dislike Popularity Contests Popularity Contest Dislike Me

Author:Tab Hunter

“I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super nice to even tune the guitar that I also won from the contest for me and we decided to jam to one of his hit songs, ”Lucky”. I actually don’t remember how I was able to sing because I was so nervous at the time but it would also be a dream come true if i can have the honor to share the stage with Jason Mraz one day!”

Ifs I Can Dream Able Remember Song Nice Share Stage Honor Mets One Day Lucky Decided Guitar Nervous Winner Tunes Concerts Contests Dreams Come True Korea Jam Jason

Author:Megan Lee

“Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.”

War Civilization Mere Civil War Territory Contests Strife Dominion Barbarism

Author:Frederick Douglass

“It is important to strengthen the State governments; and as this cannot be done by any change in the Federal Constitution (for the preservation of that is all we need contend for), it must be done by the States themselves, erecting such barriers at the constitutional line as cannot be surmounted either by themselves or by the General Government. The only barrier in their power is a wise government. A weak one will lose ground in every contest.”

Needs Important States Done Government Loses Lines Wise Weak Constitution Barriers Preservation Contests State Government

Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792

“Less than seventy-five years after it officially began, the contest between capitalism and socialism is over: capitalism has won.”

Years Five Capitalism Socialism Five Years Contests Seventies Capitalism And Socialism

Author:Robert Heilbroner

“But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.”

Interest Authority Contests Legislators Vigilant Dexterity

Book:The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“In the transfer society, the general public is not only poorer but also less contented, less autonomous, more rancorous, and more politicized. Individuals take part less often in voluntary community activities and more often in belligerent political contests. Genuine communities cannot breathe in the poisonous atmosphere of redistributional politics.”

Political Individual Community Activity Breathe Genuine Atmosphere Contests Transfers Poisonous Autonomous General Public

Author:Robert Higgs

“To value investors the concept of indexing is at best silly and at worst quite hazardous. Warren Buffett has observed that "in any sort of a contest - financial, mental or physical - it's an enormous advantage to have opponents who have been taught that it's useless to even try." I believe that over time value investors will outperform the market and that choosing to match it is both lazy and shortsighted.”