"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."

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Boris Spassky

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“I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.”
“Well, I am not always joking, sometimes I am serious. But some people always expect you to be funny. If you were like you are on stage, you would be obnoxious. With the jokes and the putdowns, I would need to take a break... juggle something.”

Source : "Dom Irrera...Dominating Stand-up". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“When you see around you the human form suffering or dissolving, you have empathy on the human level. You share the suffering because it has to do with the fleetingness of form. But if that is the only level that operates in you, you haven't gone beyond suffering.”
“Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop, “Sestina”
“When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.”
“I think 'selfies' are fun and expressive, as long as you don't get carried away with it.”
“Come on, Chris. It'll be just you, me, and the great, wide open over here.”
“Now, it is clear to the nation that there is an access-to-abortion crisis. We're going to win this case, and as a movement, we're going to go forward to make sure that there is equity in access.”

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