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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I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.
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To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.
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I have a hard time watching the shows now. It is like opening up a yearbook when you were in junior high. I think everybody looks back at their photos and cringe, and I get to experience it with everybody else in the world looking at mine.
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Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.
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Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
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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.
