Emanuel Lasker Quotes
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.
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Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov -
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Karl Marx
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
Tacitus
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
G. Willow Wilson
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov
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The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.
Vanessa Williams
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'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
Randy Couture
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We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.
Yannis Stournaras
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
Omar Bongo
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We shall fight to the last to free our Motherland.
Ziaur Rahman
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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
Rafael dos Anjos
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
Carly Fiorina
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
Imran Khan
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New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.
Daniel Akaka
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As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
Daniel Cormier
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There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
Harry Bridges
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I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chuck Schumer's gang of eight amnesty legislation in the Senate.
Ted Cruz
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Sheriff Bart: Since I am your host and you are my guest what are your hobbies? What do you like to do in your free time?Jim 'The Waco Kid': Oh you know, play chess...screw.Sheriff Bart: Well let's play chess!
Mel Brooks
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When I was a child, to call someone 'black' was an insult, a curse word, something that made you fight. But to me it contains all of the history of oppression and resistance, of being close to the soil and the sky, of plain speaking. Of The Journey.
Bonnie Greer
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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
Samuel Butler
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As an entrepreneur you have responsibilities in trying to operate well in what you have to do. There is a positive effect if you end up doing that. That’s where I try to spend most of my efforts.
John Elkann
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By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.
Emanuel Lasker