Vladimir Kramnik Quotes
With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
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It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll.
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In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.
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Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.
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The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.
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I think it has real promise as long as there isn't some unexpected safety issue.
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I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation, but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesque; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why.
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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
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Artists are most themselves when they are out of their minds, transcending the ego skirmishes of conceptual thought, and intuitively relinquishing control to the greater Creator.
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Elvis had animal magnetism, he was even sexy to the guys, I can't imagine what the chicks used to think.
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Americans love to hear good things about their bad habits.
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A refugee population is hungry for language and aware that anything can happen.
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I loved watching theatre, and film, and television. It was a fantastic outlet and my favourite thing to do. I can't remember the decision. It just felt like a completely natural thing... I just completely felt drawn into it and seduced by it all. I found myself going into it.
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I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.
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What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.
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This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them-after all, you've given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.
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With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
