Emanuel Lasker Quotes
On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.
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Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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I just want to have fun.
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I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.
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If the 'Athens Spring' - when the Greek people courageously rejected the catastrophic austerity conditions of the previous bailouts - has one lesson to teach, it is that Greece will recover only when the European Union makes the transition from 'We the states' to 'We the European people.'
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Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked 'What's the big idea?' knows, most big ideas are bad ones.
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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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Ladies and Gentlemen this fellow combines the classic stylings of a 1950's robot with the dynamic flair of a 1970's street pimp....that's right, boys and girls every where, your friend Pimpbot 5000!
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Every damn thing is your own fault, if you are any good.
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American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.
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Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
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To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.
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Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
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We can act instead of being acted upon.
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The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.
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On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.
