Jostein Gaarder Quotes
The very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
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When I'm training, I cater a little bit to my opponents.
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I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
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He has fantastic long-ball, and ball reactions, ... Very few people can snatch a ball right out of the air like that quick. And then the other thing, he's got a great burst, and when you get him going downfield and put in the ball reaction, he can be running, I think, and doesn't even put his hands up until the last second because he has such confidence there in where the ball is. Even though he's a shorter receiver, I think he's very much a downfield threat because of that, and then, of course, he's got great speed.
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It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.
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The worse the coming future, the more it should motivate its opponents.
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A further jump in energy prices or a more pronounced reaction to those increases in prices that have already occurred could test the strength of the expansion.
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If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.
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The reaction to Rita was overly positive, and we're now getting a better sense of what is shut in.
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In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him, and even if by sheer strength he can easily overcome him; because if he acts contrary to principle his opponent will never be convinced of defeat, no matter what brute strength he may have used.
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When I come across writing that really moves me and inspires me, my reaction is twofold. I want to share it with others and I want to draw something that is worthy of it. I love finding quotes that stop people-that really make them think. And I love the idea that my work, combined with meaningful words, can provide comfort or inspiration to someone.
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After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend
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It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn't imagine I would have been so energetic during the match - it really gave me a welcomed extra boost!
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We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison.
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To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
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The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.
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Owing to the spirit of the world and tepidity, if the Savior returned to earth today to announce His doctrine in person, He would find as many opponents as He did among the Jews.
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It is absolutely essential that one should be neutral and not fall in love with the hypothesis.
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The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.
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The only victory over love is flight.
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I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the super popular (slasher-y) ones of the day back then. The first novel I ever loved as a kid was Frankenstein, and I was always a crazy Hitchcock and Polanski fan... but I never saw myself - a square spazzy girl from the suburbs - writing anything that would horrify anyone. Or so I thought.
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The very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.
