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"The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started."
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"If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place."
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"Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly."
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"Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes."
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"Life can often be a competition and your greatest opponent is yourself."
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"Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning."
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"Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition."
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"Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy."
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"Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one."
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"We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair."
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"I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it."
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"Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets."
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"I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no."
Being
"I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction."
Fiction
"In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature."
Nature
"In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada."
Poetry
"The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started."
Competition
"I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate."
Now
"Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too."
Poetry
"I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy and a bit like storytelling."
Writing
"I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to journals again in a year or so... that's about it."
Writing
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