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  • Boris Spassky Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Beverley Mitchell Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.
    Beverley Mitchell
    American actress and singer (1981 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Lord George Byron O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • William Shakespeare O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bhagavad Gita O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • St. Teresa of Avila O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
    St. Teresa of Avila
    Spanish saint, mystic (1515 - 1582)
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  • William Shakespeare O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Adrian Lyne Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Bobby Flay Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Bode Miller Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Benedict Wong Occasionally, when you do a take, and - what I kind of sort of like is asking for a PPB - Personal Play Back.
    Benedict Wong
    English actor (1971 - )
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  • Joseph Cook Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.
    Joseph Cook
    6th prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914 (1860 - 1947)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Walter Benjamin Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Bertolt Brecht Of all the works of man I like best
    Those which have been used.
    The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges
    The knives and forks whose wooden handles
    Have been worn away by many hands: such forms
    Seemed to me the noblest.
    Source: Poems, 1913-1956 Of all the works of man [Von allen Werken] (c. 193
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Bobby Davro Of course it was difficult accepting the change in TV trends. It all ended quite early for me. I was in my mid-30s, and I hadn't achieved everything I wanted. There's nothing on TV for people like me anymore. All they want are new young faces.
    Bobby Davro
    English actor and comedian (1958 - )
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  • Barbara Cartland Of course they have, or I wouldn't be sitting here talking to someone like you.
    Barbara Cartland
    English author of romance novels (1901 - 2000)
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