Garry Kasparov Quotes
It’s easy to lose your reputation, it’s easy to lose your friends, to lose their confidence, than to regain it.Garry Kasparov
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.
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I get very confused about being called a comedian, because when you say 'I'm a comedian,' people expect you to crack a joke. Maybe I use laughter and humour to make people think. I don't know what you call that - a humourist? A satirist? A pessimistic comedian? I don't know. Satirists can be very dark.
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'Captain America' was probably the most universally positive experience I've had in this mad business.
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If we understand the dangers of materialism, it will help liberate us to experience the joys of Christ-centered stewardship. Jesus speaks of the "deceitfulness of wealth" . The psalmist warns, "Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them" . The dangers of materialism are far-reaching. We should not think that we're immune to the value-changing nature of wealth.
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It’s easy to lose your reputation, it’s easy to lose your friends, to lose their confidence, than to regain it.
Garry Kasparov
