Magnus Carlsen Quotes
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me.
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Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
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My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.
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I wanted to write songs about other people because I was sick of myself, basically. I didn't like myself very much. 'Ghostwriting' became an outlet for that. And then I could get back to get Jens Lekman again.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
