Viswanathan Anand Quotes
For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I was an expert horseman.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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People don't realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you're dumb, and you know you're not. it's just how your brain works.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
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$3,000 from a residual cheque was all I made one year.
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We should understand the impact that Malcolm had on the whole of American society.
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For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!
