"A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition."
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"A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly understocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price, and raise their emoluments, whether they consist in wages or profit, greatly above their natural rate."
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"It certainly makes sense to expand the pulp industry in Indonesia, .. It's clear that it will be a very competitive exporter of pulp to the rest of the world, including China and India. So the interest by the Indonesian government is clearly to establish a really competitive plantation fiber base to support a globally attractive export industry."
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"Survival of the fittest can take us only so far; competition and aggression have brought us to the brink of self-destruction. What is needed now is survival of the wisest. You can participate in this shift by expanding your own awareness."
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"The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals."
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"We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition."
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"I know there's a lot of competition in the world of magazines and newspapers and we have to make headlines and be sensational and sell, and saying bad things about me is going to sell more papers than writing good things about me."
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"The greatest thing you can do for your competition - hire poorly."
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"Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition."
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"Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others."
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"Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution."
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"Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs."
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"I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted."
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"Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business."
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"We may well have a competitive advantage buying decent businesses at decent prices. But they won't be fabulous businesses and fabulous prices. There's too much competition and money out there, with many buyout specialists."
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"In the LBO field there is a buried "covariance" with marketable equities, toward disaster in generally bad business conditions, and competition is now extremely intense."
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"Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves."
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"I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it."
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"And what is the greatest number? Number one."
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"I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win anything or lose anything."
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