Garry Kasparov Quotes
I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.Garry Kasparov
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I can do whatever I want.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I don't drink coffee.
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Being fundamentally decent and honest and willing to put others before yourself - that's necessary for being an effective policymaker.
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Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
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Two hundred years ago the first liberal economist, Adam Smith, warned businessmen that they could absorb only a certain amount of rigidity. In the easy days after World War II... wage rises could be financed out of inflationary price increases.
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When your team is on a losing streak, you schedule a game with a cream-puff opponent. Then you go with the hot hand.
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You get out in front - you stay out in front.
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
Garry Kasparov
