Anatoly Karpov Quotes

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

Anatoly Karpov

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LifeMeWorldChampionMy Life

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.

John Foster Dulles

ArtWarYouLostGoRun

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer.

Melvin Burgess

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A few years ago, I actually did come up with a mocking sort of epitaph for myself. It's this: 'Here lies Robert Silverberg. He spent most of his life in the future. Now he's in the past.'

Robert Silverberg

LifeFutureMyselfPastNowUp

I feel like there's a witch hunt by some film sites and people that immediately disregard something if it shows any sort of influence.

Max Winkler

PeopleInfluenceFeelSomethingFilm

I waged war against my feelings.

John James Audubon

WarFeelingsAgainstWaged

Wherever I go, I buy shoes.

Sonia Rykiel

ShoesGoBuyWherever

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.

Simon Callow

I AmPeopleMeNowActorPhones

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

Rudolf Nureyev

LovePartnerConversationDumbHow

I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.

Miriam Margolyes

PeopleThinkI ThinkHowJudgedBit

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

Lisa Kudrow

LifeMeMy LifeWorthPrivacyMore

Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

Jason Isbell

SuccessPeopleIdeasSmallEarlyGo

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.

Jose Manuel Barroso

FearBetterYouFeelingsCrisisSee

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