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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Girls grow up scarred by caution and enter adulthood eager to shake free of their parents' worst nightmares. They still know to be wary of strangers. What they don't know is whether they have more to fear from their friends.
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My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
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I always liked jazz. And my people liked the old blues, race records and the doo-wop and all that.
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I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly.
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We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.
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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
