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My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.


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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.



You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.



What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.



Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.



You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.



I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.



Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.



I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.



People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.



When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.





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For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.

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Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

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Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.

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you ever been trapped in a world where you're everyone's worst nightmare?

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If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work.

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I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.

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