Garry Kasparov Quotes
Putin is willing to poison bodies in the free world, not only minds. Why would he do this? Why would he call attention to his murderous ways now? Well, I’ll turn that around and ask instead, why wouldn’t he? Dictators don’t ask 'Why,' they ask 'Why not?'Garry Kasparov
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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I'm not a violent person, but I've got a hard core streak and have a reputation about living dangerously.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan.
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In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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I happen to be kind of an inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking, why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?
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I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.
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We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying so.
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I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.' And then you have kids, and in an instant nothing in the world matters except for this stranger, because this person comes into the world and in an instant all your focus and priorities becomes these kids.
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We have been so consumed with seemingly objective discussions of politics, tactics, weapons, dollars and casualties. This is the language of sterility.
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Putin is willing to poison bodies in the free world, not only minds. Why would he do this? Why would he call attention to his murderous ways now? Well, I’ll turn that around and ask instead, why wouldn’t he? Dictators don’t ask 'Why,' they ask 'Why not?'
Garry Kasparov
