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If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps. ”
The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness. ”
The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness. ”
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. ”
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology. ”
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will. ”
Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength. ”
I started writing poetry as a teenager in suburban Chicago out of emotional desperation. ”
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. ”
In film, you can create the illusion of time and space. People speak; characters reveal their feelings. You can use music, which informs how you should be feeling, and it carries you to the right emotional space. ”