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"Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?" They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us."
"In publishing books and winning awards, it's like you've enjoyed this meal, you know, two months ago. How long can you be nourished by thinking about it? You've already ingested it, and you've excreted it, and that was two months ago. You had this fabulous meal. It's not going to keep you satiated today. You have to go out and get your next meal. For me, that's writing. I have to go out and hunt my next meal."
"It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win."
"I think it's a lot harder when you're opening. You really have to win people over."
"Thing is, I don't like ties. I like to win....by big margins."
"I hate games I can't win."
"Lose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!"
"Benevolence, like religion, awes even those it cannot win."
"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
"You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win."
"I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes."
"When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust."
"No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before."
"Science will win because it works."
"It [referring to calling a Minister "Idiot"] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win."
"I win, you win. You win, I win. The gun, I win. The fruit, you win. I win, you win."
"The crazy people of the world...shouldn't get to win. If God won't make it better after they do have their shitty little victories, then ordinary people have to. They have to try, at least."
"A successful business maximizes the present value of future earnings. The first requirement, therefore, of business success is sustainable profits. One-time winnings, in business as in casinos, are disappointing. We expect more from our investments than that."
"When I was told my team was lucky to win, I replied: "the more we practice, the luckier we get.""
"Failure is nothing more than learning how to win."
