"But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!"

-- Anatoly Karpov

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“The original Greek word for enthusiasm meant "to be filled with God." When we are "filled with God" we tend to lead on purpose.”

Source : Richard J. Leider (2008). “The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work: Easyread Edition”, p.107, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Itâ€™s not â€˜What do I want to do?â€™, itâ€™s â€˜What kind of life do I want to have?â€™Â ”
“So every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you.”
“I have suffered, like other writers, from indolence, irresolution, distaste to my work, absence of 'inspiration,' and all that: but I have also found that sitting down, however reluctantly, with the pen in my hand, I have never worked for one quarter of an hour without finding myself in full train ...”
“A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.”
“I don't think about competition. I am definitely attracted to not just playing a regular character - I don't know there's any such thing as "regular. In American Crime, I get to play a runaway who's living with her pimp in North Carolina and she's a prostitute, but she's a victim of human trafficking because she's under 18. I like those roles. That's what I wanted; I wanted to play someone that was a challenge.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Once you lose somebody so close to you, you become very overprotective.”
“In the UK, tons of records are now sold in grocery stores, because there are no record stores - it's iTunes or the grocery store. And almost every band that had an impact on me was on a major label. There's value in people actually hearing things, as well.”

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