"For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I think it shows better who plays the best chess. That sounds self-serving but I think it's also right."

-- Magnus Carlsen

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Play Quotes

“The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial language, a rent; and under the same head must be ranked all extraordinary qualities of body and mind.”

Source : Nassau William Senior (1849). “Political economy”, p.91
“Finding the right people and giving power and letting them go find value in the world. That's got to be toughest. Really, its like the Spanish court in the 16th century saying, um, take this ship and go see what you can find. You have to believe in your sailors!”
“I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second and third [films] , are dire.”
“Beauty has no relation to price, rarity, or age.”
“Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.”
“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”

Source : Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.1, Harper Collins
“Never forget those who believed in you. They are why you are where you are.”
“We don't believe we are too sexy for our hair.”

Source : "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.

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