# How famous quotes get distorted by quotation

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**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-quotes-get-distorted-by-quotation/619200 "2012-04-18T19:48:47Z")\
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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> He may have stated it in slightly more pragmatic terms, but it means the same thing.

Maybe so. I interpreted the more commonly heard quote as a pooh-poohing of the adage that “winning isn’t everything,” and what he actually said was more like, “Yeah, I know it’s not everything, but that’s all people care about.” Seems like a little different connotation, but interpreted things are highly subjective. YMMV.

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