I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival.

In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival.

My brother and I are not rivals. We are shipmates and best friends and the greatest songwriting partnership in the world.

If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our Critics & Rivals

The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.

I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.

There was a period in high school when, for some reason, I decided that suburbanites were my enemies or my rivals in a way.

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are our rivals in domestic competitions, and they'll both fight to the end to win the League.

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

Nothing so lowers a lover in a virile maiden's estimation, than for him to be 'whipped' in a personal encounter with a rival.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

I don't pick tournaments to score or rivals or other teams to score against. I'm a striker: every game I play, I want to score.

That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.

The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.

To be converted to faith in Jesus Christ is to return to the worship of the true God, and to dethrone all rivals to his authority.

Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.

When you are playing, you play as rivals. When off the field, we are friends. I feel that's a good thing. That's the beauty of IPL.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

Paris Hilton isn't my rival. I met her one or two times and she's making out there's this big rivalry between us and there so isn't.

-He's his rival in love!*inuyasha hits shippo*why'd you do that!? shippo,if you bug inuyasha you'll only feel his fist.-Miroku+shippo

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

People tease me about knowing somehow that Obama would put Clinton into the cabinet, and everybody would talk about a team of rivals.

No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them

Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time.

Natural selection is all about the differential success of rival DNA in getting itself transmitted vertically in the species archives.

I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.

The calmness and confidence I take into matches has an effect not only on our rivals but also on my team-mates, who are counting on me.

I write about messy relationships - between friends, rivals, married couples, siblings. I'm not really interested in boy/girl romances.

The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.

A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.

It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.

If you lose a title, perhaps it's because your rivals are better than you are. But to be demoted from the top flight is really heartbreaking.

The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage.

Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!

Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul.

Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival theories.

I don't see any of my colleagues as rivals. I don't think our generation needs to do that. We are a chilled out lot, and we should all be happy.

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, ... It doesn't happen to you very often in your career.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.

I can say that Thiago Silva has no rival in his position. He is by far the best defender in the world. It’s a compliment for me to be compared to him.

The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill.

Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other.

Shanghai set out to take over from Hong Kong and I think it's done that. It's got the most amazing futuristic skyline which rivals and even betters Tokyo.

I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.

Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridicule of their rivals.

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