"I foresee a great funeral contest over me." — Alexander the Great

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• You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. — Rowan Atkinson
• Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
• I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. — Benazir Bhutto
• I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
• Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
• Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved… — Tammy Bruce
• The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient… — Steven Brust
• This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of… — William Jennings Bryan
• It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up… — Lord Byron
• We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we… — Tommy Chong
• Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. — Eric Clapton
• Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger

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