Alexandra Kosteniuk Quotes
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov -
When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
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I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.
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I think people overplay the 'Saturday Night Live' schedule. I mean, yeah, it can be some late hours. But the late hours are usually only one or two nights out of the week. You might have a crazy six-day week, but you'll work three weeks, and then you get a week off work. I'd take most jobs if it was hard work and then I got a week off.
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Lots of people still don't think of golf as a sport.
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As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
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I'm just an instant flirt with most people. I'm very cheeky.
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The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.
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When something comes up that attacks people's beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.
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I think what turned me off of Christianity as a kid, and what I think turns other people off, is the thought that you have to sacrifice being cool to believe in God.
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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
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I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.
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I began working as a model because I was born thin. I didn't become thin to be a model.
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Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is.
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Eight-year-olds can switch into acquisition mode pretty quickly.
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If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.
