Viswanathan Anand Quotes
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
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So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.
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I usually eat in my friend Tom Corcoran's place - the Siam Thai in Monkstown. I go there for a very large plate of beef in red wine sauce.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers.
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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
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Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
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The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.
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The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess.
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Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.
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Endings must come naturally, you're supposed to let it happen, not just to make it happen like that.
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I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
