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"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."
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"I get to play a killer next."
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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
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"Lyricists play with words."
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"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."
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"I never play without my cape."
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"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."
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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
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"Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process."
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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."
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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
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"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."
Chess
"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."
Chess
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
Chess
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
Chess
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."
Sacrifice
"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."
Time
"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."
Play
"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."
Fight
"Time control directly influences the quality of play."
Time
"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."
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