Bent Larsen Quotes
For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is someting hard to explain to those who do not know the game well. One must first learn to play it correctly in order to savor its richness.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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I believe my customer knows her style and knows how to mix and match your style.
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Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
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The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.
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None of the parties want this conflict to go on.
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It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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In brief, when women batter, men’s first priority is to support the women and help them change; when men batter, women’s first priority is to escape the men and put them in prison.
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They just don’t trust people. They don’t trust individuals, they don’t trust any change that should serve and benefit people, and they try to stop it.
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American politicians who dwell on American exceptionalism only dishonor us by suggesting we play dumb to our past.
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Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.
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I love Elektra. I really have a special place in my heart for her. It was very enjoyable for me to discover her and to adapt her for this project and bring myself to this character. So I have a special spot for her.
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I skip through the programming to watch the commercials.
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I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
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I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.
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We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.
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For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is someting hard to explain to those who do not know the game well. One must first learn to play it correctly in order to savor its richness.
