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Winning Quotes
"Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints."
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"Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions."
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"In those days reputation was a big thing. If you could win a game before you went out, win it. That could mean winning it in the papers by saying certain things or by not saying certain things. You got very crafty at the game."
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"I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off."
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"And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote."
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"Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later."
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"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."
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"Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill."
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"The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday."
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"Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck."
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"Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets."
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"Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle."
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"In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game."
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"It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team."
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"They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show."
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"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."
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"Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself."
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"Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!"
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"Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race."
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"Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor."
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"Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little."
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"The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one."
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"I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning."
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"I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics."
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"Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."
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"Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it."
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"Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment."
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"I was so worried about winning, it was as if I was caught up in my own web."
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"I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing."
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