"One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view."

-- Judit Polgar

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“You get tons of phytonutrients and antioxidants from plant-based foods, very little saturated fat, and you avoid cholesterol entirely!”
“Four specters haunt the poor - old age, accident, sickness and unemployment”
“There is a tendency in my work toward minimalism, in terms of stripping away the unnecessary. I am seeking a tightly ordered gestalt, usually. I've always felt a strong affinity towards Mondrian's work. I understand the importance of those subtle planar and linear modulations he made in the course of building up the incredible visual tension in his work.”
“One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.”
“People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.”
“For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or how many novels you've completed in the last decade: every day you start fresh again with that same blank page, or that same blank screen.”
“Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.”

Source : "Dusty Baker: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.”

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