Magnus Carlsen Quotes
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it also be improper to see in them a guide, a way of life?
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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There's really powerful and potentially dominating forces when you make a film that can harm it if you're incapable of orchestrating things.
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I've always loved fantasy. I think it's a great way to look at issues that we have in our own lives with a little bit of the pressure off, you know.
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I want an ending that's satisfying. I'm more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don't like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
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My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.
