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.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
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We shall fight to the last to free our Motherland.
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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
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The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
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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.
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
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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.
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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.
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There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
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Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.
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Look at what you’ve done. I can taste the danger but I don’t wanna run. So pull me to the ground and I won’t put up a fight. I’m a caution taker, but baby you’re a force of nature. Baby, you’re a force of nature!
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I've always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She's an amazing musician.
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When I talk of primordial innocence, I hear it in Sufi music with the nay flute. I see it in Coptic icons, in most traditional art, particularly art of the American Indian. I find the texts extraordinarily beautiful and very childlike and very simple. I've been particularly interested in American Indian texts.
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I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.
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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.
