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.Emanuel Lasker
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Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov -
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
Tacitus -
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
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 -
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov -
'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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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
Rafael dos Anjos -
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 -
Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
Imran Khan -
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 -
I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chuck Schumer's gang of eight amnesty legislation in the Senate.
Ted Cruz -
He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
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I try to cancel out every possibility of losing the fight, and this runs through my head all day long. I'm seeing myself become smashed in the face, cut, or being submitted or being knocked out in so many different ways all day long.
Nate Diaz -
I want to fight the best guy. I always want to fight the best guy.
Nate Diaz -
Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
Magnus Carlsen -
Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that.
Famke Janssen -
We did a lot of fight scenes in 'Hitman: Agent 47,' so you have to learn repetitious movements to music; otherwise, it's amazingly boring. Michael Jackson was our savior.
Hannah Ware -
I don't have to fight if I don't want to.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
'Talking Peace' is one of the few books from childhood that I still keep prominently displayed on my bookshelf.
Uzodinma Iweala -
I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I'll read a novel in a day or two.
O. R. Melling -
Where there is love there is life.
Mahatma Gandhi -
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