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"Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations."
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"Unlike sport in business the win-win is the best possible score."

"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."

"Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning."

"Competition is a bad company [kusang, the company which will bring our downfall]."

"Competition may help us create better products and services but in the end competition really seeks to destroy the opponent. To put him out of the power to compete against you."

"The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win."

"Of all matches never was the like."

"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you."

"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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"Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations."

"There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed."

"I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US."

"That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts."

"This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S."

"As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament."

"Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do."

"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."
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