Alexander Alekhine Quotes
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the crime.
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If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen plays.
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I love having music just to chill to and also to rev me up a bit.
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Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.
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For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'
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When I do have free time, I spend it with friends, or I spend it at home writing or making something.
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The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the crime.
