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No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work… — Vasily Smyslov
You have two choices in life - you can dissolve into the main stream or you can be distinct. To be distinct, you must be… — Bob Proctor
The main thing that I hate the most is ignorance, like the prejudice problems of America. I know it is worse in some other countries.… — Michael Jackson
The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else. — John Cleese
With me, my main vision for life was to avoid as many people as possible. The less people I saw the better I felt. — Charles Bukowski
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter — Henry David Thoreau
My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for others.… — Dalai Lama
The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn… — Robert Kiyosaki
Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves… — Jim Harrison
False hope is clung to with all one's might and main, till a day comes when it has sucked the heart dry and it forcibly… — Rabindranath Tagore
The crime which bankrupts men and nations is that of turning aside from one's main purpose to serve a job here and there. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like setting up problems for the viewer, like how do you visually deal with a ring when what’s usually in the center of a… — Robert Mangold
The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and if… — Elwyn Brooks White
The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means. — Thomas Malthus
The main reason intuition is so important is this: It is a clear sign that you are connecting with your inner spiritual guidance system. Intuition… — Gay Hendricks
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation,… — Charles Horton Cooley
The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science — Susan Wojcicki
Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. That’s how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being… — Po Bronson
The main point here is that we are to desire something before faith can come into play. Our desires are of value to God. It’s… — Phil Pringle
One of the main challenges, for me, has been to keep simplicity in its place. It’s only a tool. It’s not the destination, it’s the… — Mike Burns
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group. — Zayn Malik
Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is. — George Steiner
The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that… — Jay Asher
It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge. — Albert Einstein
I really love doing yoga. My main ritual is yoga. I do A LOT of yoga — Britney Spears

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