When the guards noticed my chessboard, they all wanted to play me. And when they started to play me, they always won.… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
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The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I think, as a rookie, what guys need to be judged on most coming in the league is feel. Not skill, not… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is something… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
I always hear people say that they don't know my position and, to be honest, I don't know exactly, either. It's somewhere… — Kai Havertz Copy Share Image
Anybody who likes to play poker, if you want to find a good poker game, you're going to go play. It's not… — Jonathan Vilma Copy Share Image
I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
'Venus in Fur' is very Polanski: you have the knife of 'Rosemary's Baby'; you have Thomas disguised as a woman as in… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
I love actors. I enjoy their company, and I get excited each and every time they bring a character I've written to… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
If I play somebody's mixtape, if it gets on my nerves halfway through because it's too loud or everything sounds the same,… — Valee Copy Share Image
I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
My fear with 'Lear' was that I would not have the physical or vocal strength. But this play, it's all in your… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
I grew up poor, financially lower class. Worked in restaurants for 17 years while going to acting school and trying to become… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
I don't ever want it to be a question whether I'm a Pro Bowl-caliber player, I believe I'm the best at what… — Derrick Thomas Copy Share Image
I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
A lot of it starts with playing instruments and working with other people. Some of the new generation is doing it on… — Ray Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
For me, it was never a choice not to play the game because I was never attracted to it in the first… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I want a future where women and girls get to be the subject of their own sexuality, not the object of somebody… — Jaclyn Friedman Copy Share Image
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Guys have been having a lot of questions about whether or not I can play man-to-man, so I've been watching a lot… — Calvin Pryor Copy Share Image
The word "utopia" has two meanings. It means both "good place" and "nowhere". That's the way it should be. The happiest places,… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
There's always a subtle shift that happens in any play I've done that's come to New York, or that's toured, even. The… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I don’t ever want to play that character that grabs the… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Romance isn't just about roses or killing dragons or sailing a kayak around the world. It's also about chocolate chip cookies and… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
Aubrey obviously plays Karen's, Sarah Michelle Gellar's, younger sister. And, um, she's sort of always been the underdog in the family and… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
Wit is something more than a gymnastic trick of the intellect; true wit implies a beam of thought into the essence of… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
When it comes to my own makeup, I like to look fresh, clean, and well-rested-nothing too crazy. My mother really introduced me… — Phoebe Tonkin Copy Share Image
Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard to get. And I think you'll be just as… — Tom McCall Copy Share Image
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