Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Quotes
It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I'm blind without my glasses.
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Can you imagine what will happen to the global economy if Iran comes out with a nuclear weapon? The whole area will enter a nuclear race - Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
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I don't know what my Death Row meal would be. I'm surprised that people can even eat when they're on Death Row.
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I think Eminem should use Auto-Tune.
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I, marry? Oh, I could never bring myself to do it. I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, 'That's a pretty little thing,' after I had finished a picture.
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I thought I should be a fool to allow work to interfere with a delight in the passing moment that I might never enjoy again so fully.
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No Jewish blood runs among my blood,but I am as bitterly and hardly hatedby every anti-semiteas if I were a Jew. By thisI am a Russian.
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The people considered the most in need of protection were women and children. The sex considered most disposable was men – or males....
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There was a saying of the peasants-the rat cannot call the cat to account. But it was also true that if the moon moves but slowly, still it crosses the city.
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I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird.
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These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear.
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In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.
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I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.
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The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
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I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Falling in love is something that happens to us, being is love is something we do. No passion is self preservatory.
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A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.
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I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.
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We're setting up an urban farm for kids on more than 20 acres in New Orleans. We want to make this a world-class educational center for the community.
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It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.
