"One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent."

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Edmar Mednis

#Play Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of life might defeat its beauty; that love did not make lovers invulnerable. Nevertheless, he thought, even if the world's beauty and love were on the edge of destruction, theirs would still be the only side to be on; defeated love would still be love, hate's victory would not make it other than it was.”
“In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation â€” and reason is the best confirmation.”

Source : "Understanding Uncertainty". Book by Dennis Lindley (Chapter 2 "Stylistic Questions", pp. 24-25), 2006.
“The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.”
“The Universe backs the part of you that is of clearest intention”
“I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I donâ€™t. Itâ€™s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)”
“Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.”
“The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.”
“As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the homeless 'Little Match Girl'in the Hans Christian Andersen story. When I was in the boarding nursery and did not want to finish my food, the teacher would say:'Think of all the starving children in the capitalist world!”

Source : Jung Chang (2008). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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