"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."

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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

A. Bartlett Giamatti

#Success Quotes #Beautiful Quotes #Strong Quotes

“The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.”
“Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.”
“Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the '80s.”
“No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you.”

Source : Harvey Penick (2011). “The Game for a Lifetime: More Lessons and Teachings”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”
“I don't do this to be healthy, I do this to get big muscles.”
“It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't always get to do a lot of bad guys.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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