#pet

I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#either #her #i #lady #leading

Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#among #best #cannot #children #competitive

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade. ↗

— Zhu Rongji

#china #competitors #indeed #partners #states

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#academia #also #carpet #course #courtroom

Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#another #between #competing #confederation #countries

I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it. ↗

— Axl Rose

#because #compete #first #had #i

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game. ↗

— Pete Rose

#always #batting #battling #because #bob

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#am #cats #dogs #down #equals

You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#compete #competing #competition #field #fierce

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#collective #depends #education #instruments #perpetuating