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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.”
Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.”
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“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”
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“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”
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“OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.”
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“My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’”
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“Just because you like me doesn’t make me what you want or need.”
Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.176, Macmillan
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“Life isn't what you want it to be, it's what you make it become.”
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“Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.”
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“I'm also not going to explain something just because I said it in a rap. Take what you want from it.”
Source : "Nicki Minaj: Making Minaj (2010 Cover Story)". Complex interview, www.complex.com. October/November 2010.