"In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power."

-- Upton Sinclair

#Competition Quotes #Tests Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Art Objects is important not only as a plea to the public to read serious literature and to read it seriously, but it is a terrific book of instruction about writing.”
“We pray with our hands and often communicate with them. We use them to eat, work, and make love. We employ them as marvelously sophisticated instruments of flexibility and strength, and when they are damaged, we anguish.”

Source : Keith L. Moore (1992). “Clinically oriented anatomy”
“The spirits are an age-old theme, a story from darkest history, and therefore a presentational anchor that can be used with many different magic tricks.”
“Drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.”
“If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this...”
“Watch who you have around you, and focus, work hard, and be humble, and try to be good.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste for power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy those needs through the achievements of surrogates, whether husbands, children, or merely role models.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Kathy Nellis, www.cnn.com. August 24, 2001.
“There's not a conspiracy to prevent really good writing from being found You have to have the humility to fail over and over and over.”

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