"When you're younger, you think you're in competition with everyone. You think everyone's success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of. You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you're in competition with is yourself."

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Source : "Boy George Talks Culture Club Reunion, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.

Boy George

#Thinking Quotes #Competition Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“We don't want to be free from fear. All that we want to do is to play games with it and talk about freeing ourselves from fear.”
“Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.”

Source : Dalton Trumbo (1941). “The Remarkable Andrew: The Chronicle of a Literal Man”
“Don't write down to your readers. The ones dumber than you can't read.”

Source : Jack Bickham (1997). “The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes”, p.4, Writer's Digest Books
“It's not logical that we boast the most advanced and powerful internationally integrated economy in the world, then claim organizational incompetence and poverty when it comes to creating and funding a national health care system for all Americans.”
“Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you.”
“because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.”
“The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.”

Source : Ben Vereen: Biography, www.imdb.com.
“Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.”

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