It could stand as a motto for all the composer's recent music, every note of which is a prize won from 80 years of continuous creativity.
His 1994 follow-up novel, The Folding Star, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
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In The Prize, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1992, Dan provides a comprehensive history of oil that traces the development of the industry from its beginnings in the 19th century when it began producing kerosene for lamps to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War.
Last year's General Prize was won by Philip Ball for his book Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another.
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Last year's prize was won by Australian scrum-half George Gregan.
Northern Ireland international Davis has turned in a number of impressive displays in midfield and is the boomakers' favourite to land the prize, won by Celtic's Scott Brown last year.
Mboya and Evanson, who were among 34 finalists for the top prize, also won the Television Features Award.
This is the third time in a row -- and the fifth time in six years -- that the prize has been won by a baker in the 18th arrondissement.
And his agent Cubie Seegobin says that Chambers may now not return as has to pay back any prize money he won while competing on steroids from future track earnings.
In addition, Hayhurst won the prize for the best performance in all the boys' wrestling, and Fox won the Guinness Trophy for the best performance throughout the six-hour wrestling programme.
Tarantino won the original screenplay prize for Django Unchained, adding to the Oscar he won for writing Pulp Fiction in 1994.
Before he won the prize in physiology and medicine, Lee Hartwell co-founded Rosetta Inpharmatics.
Longley has won the prize once before in 2002 for his collection The Weather in Japan.
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He had a talent for drawing and won a prize in a newspaper competition.
Anyone sending a message will find out instantly if they have won a prize.
The artist admitted to being a bit shocked on hearing she had won the prize.
To his surprise he won first prize in the section for 55-year-olds and older.
Chinese architect Wang Shu won the prize last year - the first Chinese citizen to do so.
Yundi Li was just 18 when he won first prize at the prestigious International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
Liz Pichon's The Brilliant World of Tom Gates also won the prize in the seven to 14 age category.
The landscape artist and sculptor, who won the prize in 1989, has been honoured for his services to art.
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Last September, Qwiki won top prize at Internet startup conference TechCrunch Disrupt, putting it on the map for potential investors.
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She became the first living UK author to receive the prize twice, having won it for its prequel Wolf Hall.
"Amour, " about an aging couple dealing with dementia and death, won the prize for best foreign film, as was expected.
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ILTE, an Italian printing firm that is controlled by the family-owned Farina group, recently won a prize for its annual report.
Banville is the first Irish winner of the Booker Prize since Roddy Doyle won with Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in 1993.
It won a prize and soon publishers approached him, asking if he wanted to turn his digital book into a paper one.
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Dark Lord: Teenage Years by games developer Jamie Thompson won the prize for the funniest book for children aged seven to 14.
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