Garry Kasparov Quotes
Allow dissent & free media for 6 months in Russia and see what happens. Putin would never risk it because he’s terrified of his own people and the truth, like every dictator.Garry Kasparov
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
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I've kissed just three people in my life, other than stuff that I've done for TV or movies. I know - I'm weird!
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I find awards frivolous. When I began my career, I was told that I deserved an award for a certain performance, but then I couldn't turn up on the day of the show. Then I was told that the award went to someone else. That's when I realised the truth behind it all.
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The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream.
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My theory is that comedy comes from little people.
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I'm the eldest of four children: a brother next after me and then two sisters.
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Allow dissent & free media for 6 months in Russia and see what happens. Putin would never risk it because he’s terrified of his own people and the truth, like every dictator.
Garry Kasparov
