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As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.
Daniel H. Wilson
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
Madeleine Albright
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When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
Michael Birch
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one character, and lots of side games with other characters, and another game with myself - and in each game you make all these tiny, tiny moves that get you to the endgame.
Steve Carell
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Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.
Al Leiter
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I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'
Wiz Khalifa
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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.


Felix Frankfurter
I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.
Francis Ford Coppola
Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.
John Rhys-Davies
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Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.
Charles Krauthammer
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I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question.


Charles H. Townes
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I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.
Magdi Yacoub
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I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic.


Mario Lopez
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Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
Wilhelm Steinitz
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We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game.


Murray Gell-Mann
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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.


Bob Dylan
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I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.
Tony Hawk
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Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
Magnus Carlsen
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I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.
Viswanathan Anand
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All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in.
Max Weinberg
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