Garry Kasparov Quotes
Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.Garry Kasparov
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I'm a loser on Sunday. Yeah, I'm a couch potato. I get up and try and eat and then back on the couch. And watch anything.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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I am all for controlling guns.
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A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
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You have to invest the money in a certain thing, because, you know, at 40, I want to enjoy my life. So I do a lot of investments. Apartments back in Russia and New York. It's a good thing to do.
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I like when a guy wears a T-shirt, and you can see a little curve of the muscle sticking out. That's sexy!
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I was raised a good little Catholic. What's more theatrical than the ritual of the Catholic church?
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There's nothing sillier than fake rough edges, like the handheld camera you sometimes see on "NYPD Blue," shaking and jittering around, unmotivated, way more than any actual documentary camera would.
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I did not grow up thinking that I wanted to be an engineer. I had read some articles about girls becoming increasingly scientifically illiterate and that girls lacked confidence in their capabilities when it came to quantitative skills. And I just thought that was kind of wrong.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov
