Kosteniuk Quotes & Sayings

Constant comparisons are the stamp of the foreigner; one continually translates manners and customs of a new country into terms of his own, before he can fully comprehend them. — Willa Cather

Life is a mysterious and witty intermingling of fate and events — Alexandra Kosteniuk

When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

Often, then, the stories came pouring out, and often they were set before us slowly and quietly like tea. These slow stories were told with understatement that made my eyes and voice fill as I translated; for when people seem to have no emotion remaining for such stories, your own heart must supply it. — Daoud Hari

When you play a guitar for a long time, you get your hand oils in there; it starts feeling good and behaving, and you just don't want to mess with that. — Mac DeMarco

England and Brittany were places one came back from. But America, the colonies, and the Antilles were lost in some unknown region on the other side of the world. — Gustave Flaubert

You have to win something for people to think about you. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

The National Herald, founded by Jawaharlal Nehru, supported the Emergency throughout, and cautiously removed the quote 'Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might' from its masthead. — Coomi Kapoor

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

And then writing, it was like I just found it, you know? Like you just found your favorite flavor of ice cream, all of a sudden there it is. 'This is what I should have been doing for the last thirty years. What was I thinking?' So I was, then I was in and then I had to just keep going with it. — Stephenie Meyer

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation. — Augusto Pinochet

I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight. — Rocky Marciano

There is one distinctive charm about fishing - its fascinations will stand any climate. You may sit crouching on ice over a hole inside the arctic circle, or on a Windsor chair by the side of the River Lea in the so-called temperate zone, or you may squat in a canoe on an equatorial river, with the surrounding atmosphere forty-five percent mosquito, and if you are fishing you will enjoy yourself ... — Mary Kingsley

My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection. — Marina Tsvetaeva

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly. — Alexandra Kosteniuk

It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool! — Alexandra Kosteniuk

Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace. — Matthew Henry

Just because there were times you were frightened doesn't mean you weren't brave. — Christine Brodien-Jones