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"Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there."

"Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory."

"When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph."

"I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism."

"Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win."

"The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win."

"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."
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"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."

"For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control."

"I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."

"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally."

"I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt."

"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

"On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches."

"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre."

"In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you."
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