Lajos Portisch Quotes
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.
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We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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I ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season.
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The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting.
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I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.
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I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
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We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.
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I get scripts and think, 'There's not enough here to get my teeth stuck into.' That's a result of studying English, where you luxuriate in these big, lush novels.
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I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine.
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When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were right there living in it, submerged in the culture.
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Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
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The way most people fail is in not keeping up the heart.
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Envy aims very high.
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Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
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Everything is deeply intertwingled.
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The teams that really believe in each other understand the game is not over. If your brother went out there and fumbled the ball, go out there and get the ball back for him. Let him know we're going to get the ball back. That's how you win games. If you feel sorry for yourself, it's over.
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It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I ever felt like I was helping someone paint. They had a very clear idea of what they wanted it to look like, sound like, be like. So, there was no operating outside the box. The only way to help him was to try to really be a part of his imagination and try to make it happen. He's a super kind and loving person. So, you wanted to help him. It just was none of my normal ways of helping a director work at all. So, it was a unique experience for me that way.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
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The agencies are the Walmarts of the welfare agency.
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Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.
