I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.


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JOSHUA JACKSON
Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, no...
ANTHONY JOSHUA
Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsessi...
ANTHONY JOSHUA
Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been ...
JOSHUA REYNOLDS
Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had bee...
JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN
As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our coll...
JOSHUA FOER
My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right ...
JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
JOSHUA REYNOLDS
Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have e...
JOSHUA BELL
If all they do is pick out a couple of MPs to slice and dice ... that is not going to be what is nee...
JOSHUA DRATEL
Video games spark the imagination, empower the mind, and take you to the place where you have always...
JOSHUA CLARKE
We reserve the term 'genius' for people who are creative, who are innovators, who think in w...
JOSHUA FOER
I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
If you acknowledge that filming is an occasion where people express things they might not otherwise ...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
I think 'The Act of Killing' forced people to look at the problem, but the problem is actual...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
He stops walking and grasps both of my hands to stop me. He narrows his eyes at me. "You’ve never ...
ISABELLE JOSHUA
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
JOSHUA REYNOLDS
I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is n...
JOSHUA FERRIS
As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The ...
JOSHUA BELL
I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. ...
JOSHUA BELL
I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and...
JOSHUA FERRIS
Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a ve...
JOSHUA BELL
People want stardom or fame or whatever - instant gratification as opposed to learning one's cra...
JOSHUA SASSE
One way can be learned by starting to see the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding b...
JOSHUA KADISON
Like [Egyptian President Hosni] Mubarak, Assad will be smirking at U.S. discomfiture as Washington s...
JOSHUA LANDIS
I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate he...
JOSHUA BELL
Laughing is a necessity of life.
JOSHUA CLARKE
The thing I hate the most, is hate itself.
JOSHUA CLARKE
There is one problem with the entire concept of time. There is so little of it.
JOSHUA CLARKE
Without this, I'd be either in jail or dead. It is real motivating.
JOSHUA YOUNG
I don't have a preferred religion - I'd have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as ...
ANTHONY JOSHUA
But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such i...
JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN
Every time I get an autograph, I feel like I'm taking home a little piece of that star. What dri...
JOSHUA MORROW
‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before t...
JOSHUA HARRIS
It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness d...
JOSHUA FERRIS
Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to expre...
JOSHUA BELL
God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's ...
JOSHUA HARRIS
So much of performing is a mind game. You're memorizing thousands of notes, and if you start thi...
JOSHUA BELL
Once I'd reached the point where I could squirrel away more than 30 digits a minute in memory pa...
JOSHUA FOER
The best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in...
JOSHUA FOER
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaki...
JOSHUA HARRIS
Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.
JOSHUA HARRIS
Living to glorify God means doing everything...
for Him,
His way,
to point to His gre...
JOSHUA HARRIS
Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.
ANTHONY JOSHUA
What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevo...
ANTHONY JOSHUA
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do....
JOSHUA BELL
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I ...
JOSHUA LEONARD
And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become some...
JOSHUA HARRIS
If you were a medieval scholar reading a book, you knew that there was a reasonable likelihood you&#...
JOSHUA FOER
Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you're never sure whether that&#...
JOSHUA FERRIS
Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thou...
JOSHUA SYLVESTER
The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.
ANTHONY JOSHUA
True love isn’t just expressed in passionately whispered words or an intimate kiss or an embrace; ...
JOSHUA HARRIS
Instead of rushing foolishly into a marriage because of impatience or one day looking back at our se...
JOSHUA HARRIS