"The threat is stronger than the execution."

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Source : Aron Nimzowitsch (2014). “Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935: Annotated Games & Essays”, p.272, New In Chess

Aron Nimzowitsch

#Stronger Quotes #Execution Quotes #Threat Quotes

“I get giddy with the idea of stringing words together that make people laugh.”
“Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.â€”
“Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.”
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.”

Source : Twitter post from May 05, 2013
“Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.”

Source : "NCIS: Endgame". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.
“Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.”
“Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity.”
“It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values in him...”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.33, Vintage

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