Bent Larsen Quotes
In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.
Quotes to Explore
-
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
-
M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
-
You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
-
Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
-
When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
-
My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
-
Midi is my hobby.
-
I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives, I think they have enough to deal with, they don't need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.
-
Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
-
Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
-
My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
-
If I fell into one relationship after another with men who were either emotionally tuned out and unavailable or hotheaded and controlling, or both, it was because I was lacking in good sense about men.
-
Frankly, I don't like publicity.
-
Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.
-
I do believe food plays an important role in preparation for the Olympics or any competition.
-
I've seen a lot of great players that couldn't get to the top because of horses, and I've seen a lot of normal players that got higher and higher because of horses.
-
As for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them.
-
If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.
-
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
-
It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.
-
I often say Policy Planning is very analogous to a venture capital firm. A venture capital firm sees an interesting idea and puts money behind it; in Policy Planning, we look for promising ideas and then put contacts and relationships behind it.
-
Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.
-
Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
-
In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.
