David Bronstein Quotes
Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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I've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and professionally. After a while, networking doesn't feel like 'networking.' It's both serendipitous and unpredictable, and something that just naturally becomes part of your work life and your personal life.
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I had some experience when I joined 'The Sopranos' in the last season. My character married Christopher, and everyone loved Adriana. I knew what it was like to join a very beloved, secretive show and following a very iconic character.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
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I started writing my first book for young people when I was in college. I was only a couple of years out of my teens when I began; I felt closer to that experience than I did as an adult. But I've always been drawn to stories about young people.
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Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.
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I like the idea of going to see the ice caps and the polar bears, because who knows how long they are going to be around for?
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I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American.
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I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.
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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.
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If you like reading, you are allowed to like to dance and to like to sing and to like to act.
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It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again.
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I played basketball and baseball up until college, yea. Then I lost my discipline and started chasing girls and whatnot.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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For there's no rood has not a star above it; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree, As in broad orchards resonant with bees; And every atom poises for itself, And for the whole.
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I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
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Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.
