Magnus Carlsen Quotes
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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I get carded for soda, you know, when I go to the supermarket. I mean, they card me for everything. You know, I can't even get through a hand of black jack without getting carded, like, five times.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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Only the dead will know the end of the war.
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I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.
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Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.
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I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
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Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
