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Garry Kasparov Quotes

born 1963 Armenia

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a chess grandmaster and political activist.

Armenia
Politicians

Also known as: Gary Kasparov, Kasparov, Garry

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46 quotes

It’s easy to lose your reputation, it’s easy to lose your friends, to lose their confidence, than to regain it.

Interview with Bill Kristol (2016)

"Random chess lets me enjoy myself and get publicity for chess without having to disrupt my life for months of preparation." August 2018

The game that defines dictators much better [than chess] is poker because it’s about bluffs. It doesn’t matter whether you have a strong hand or weak hand. You can have a weak hand, but if you’re comfortable bluffing, raising stakes, and if you can read your opponent.

My response to Bernie Sanders' you know uh stories you know fairytales is that uh the failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism.

Interview with Bill Kristol (2016)

"Socialism with a human face"? ... Frankenstein also had a human face.

Interview with Bill Kristol (2016)

The old joke about the two main Soviet papers, Pravda (“Truth”) and Izvestia (“News”), was “There’s no news in the Truth and no truth in the News!”

The Truth About Putin (2018)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Garry Kasparov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.