Bobby Fischer Quotes
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.
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We launched DirecTV Now. Our 5G evolution plans and improved spectrum position are paving the way for the next generation of super-fast mobile and fixed networks.
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I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.
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Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.
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I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.
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Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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What I hate is the loss of anonymity.
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I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
