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If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.

— Garry Kasparov How Life Imitates Chess (2007)

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The United States is a very different thing. It's a continent-spanning nation built from scratch by millions of immigrants from every part of the world on top of its native population.

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My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.

Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.

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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!

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Reforms are only institutional if they have a real effect on how people live.

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