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«It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.»
Author: Abe Lemons (Coach) | About: Golf | Keywords: contest
«Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty»
«I think he [George W. Bush] has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.»
«I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.»
Author: Frank Sinatra (Actor, Singer) | Keywords: contest, staring
«I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.»
«It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.»
«LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem --a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.'Tis said by divers of the scholar-men That poor Salmasius died of Milton's pen. Alas! we cannot know if this is true, For reading Milton's wit we perish too.»
«Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.»
«I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.»
Author: George Washington (President) | About: Patriotism | Keywords: aided, contest, supported
«I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.»

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