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I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or it does not exist.

Quote by Harold Bloom about criticism, literature, literary critic, poets

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about interest

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about friendship, thinking, life

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Quote by John Adams

The inevitable result was the balance of power, the arms race, the dividing up of the world into rival alliances, and ultimately, war.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about war, power, world

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

Quote by Luciano Pavarotti about fight

Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about politics, face