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While the amateur ranks focus so much on the technical aspects (like jumps), the pros don't jump as much and focus more on artistry and entertaining. Therefore, their programs are not geared enough technically to really compete against the amateurs.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about concentration

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about state, evolution, civilization, fight, reality, law, power

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of...

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.

Quote by Bruce Barton about affair, man, world

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Quote by Bruce Barton about modesty, absolute, age, olderness, sex, man

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of...

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

Quote by James Lane Allen about purpose, failure

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive...

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about enemies, fear, death

The object in life is not to be on the side of the...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

The object of life is not to be on the side of the...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.

Quote by Geena Davis about country, change

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Quote by Winston Churchill about air, power, good, good luck

Invaluable art collections and a small but first rank...

Invaluable art collections and a small but first rank symphony orchestra carry the fame of Winterthur far across the borders of Switzerland.

Quote by Richard Ernst about fame, art, magic

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor...

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. about defeat, suffering, victory, failure, things

An employee rank is in inverse proportion to his use of a...

An employee rank is in inverse proportion to his use of a computer, and in proportion to its performance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, use

I joined the army as a private, I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

Quote by Shimon Peres about time

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in...

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.

Quote by Robert Graves about poetry, money

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly...

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

Quote by Robert Graves about love, sport

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

Quote by Robert Graves about poetry, poets

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the...

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Quote by Robert Graves about genius

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