Israel Albert Horowitz famous quotes
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When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee.
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Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse.
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The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant. But never before has there been such a prima donna as Bobby. Already he has managed to alienate and offend almost everybody in the chess world. That includes officials, patrons, writers, almost everybody and anybody who might be in a position to help him in his career.
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Never resign. There's always a chance your opponent may drop dead before he mates you.
-- Israel Albert Horowitz
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.
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Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly, well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.
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There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen.
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The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.
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It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.
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I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
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To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
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Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous.
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