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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.
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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
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Do we weep for the heroes who died for us, Who living were true and tried for us, And dying sleep side by side for us; The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us?
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The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
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Attack! Always Attack!
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During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
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As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
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Combination is a soul of chess.
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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
