Garry Kasparov Quotes
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.
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What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
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I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time – but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
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It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
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I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.
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Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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On the clothes front, I have a designer who sits with the director for each film to chalk out a look for me based on the script.
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For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.
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The notion that there is no basic value system is far more incoherent or invalid than the notion that there are essential values. Every religion can tell you it has basic values. You ask a Christian, most Christians would say love God and love your neighbor. Is that the entirety of Christianity? No one in his right mind would say it is.
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I spend a lot of time in bed when I'm off. But if I'm feeling adventurous, I'll go to a gallery.
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I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.
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The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
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I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me.
Garry Kasparov
