Viktor Korchnoi Quotes
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
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The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
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In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
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My first love was singing and I had no time for boys.
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I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.
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I believe in honesty and integrity, having a belief system that you've thought through and then stick to. I believe in being creative and contributing, and I believe in taking a stand against injustice that you encounter in everyday life and not being idle in that respect.
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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
