Hell, I'd even failed with women. Three wives. Nothing really wrong each time. It all got destroyed by petty bickering. Railing about… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I’ve chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
To contest an author's right to create a poetic or realistic work is to want to force him to change his temperament,… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Clay Aiken ran for Congress in North Carolina. But he didn't make it. Clay Aiken is famous for coming in second in… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I had a clear vision of myself winning the Mr. Universe contest. It was a very spiritual thing, in a way, because… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
It's funny because looking back at my first contest, I was 15 and surfing the Haleiwa contest wearing this tiny bikini. I… — Alana Blanchard Copy Share Image
I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween… — Tina Yothers Copy Share Image
At the end of the day it's not a weight contest, it's a visual contest. And it doesn't matter what you say… — Dorian Yates Copy Share Image
A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
Pakistan would be confident after their series win over England. The series will be a very close and good contest and if… — Greg Chappell Copy Share Image
What I loved in the man was his health, his unity with himself; all people and all things seemed to find their… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I… — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered… — Arthur Godfrey Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
A few days before the [Mr. America] contest we heard rumors about a man who had throngs of people following him along… — George Eiferman Copy Share Image
I never want to be in that stage where a band ends up playing state fairs and casinos. I am not willing… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's such an honor to be representing the USA in an international beauty contest in spite of all the tragedy that's happened… — Olivia Culpo Copy Share Image
Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if I win. I would also reserve my right… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The man of large and conspicuous public service in civil life must be content without the Presidency. Still more, the availability of… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To have an inner life, to think, to juggle and leap, to become a tightrope walker in the world of ideas. To… — Violette Leduc Copy Share Image
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
In the transfer society, the general public is not only poorer but also less contented, less autonomous, more rancorous, and more politicized.… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Just the other day the AP wire had a story about a man from Arkansas who entered some kind of contest and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super… — Megan Lee Copy Share Image
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