"A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess."

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Source : "The New Face of Chess Is a Pretty One". Interview with Catherine Donaldson-Evans, www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2002.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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“If the enemy can keep us occupied, we don't present much opposition.”
“When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.”
“A batsman's skill and technique are judged on how he faces the Duke ball in England”
“Abandonment of slavery is also the banishment of the chimera of security. The world will not change overnight, and liberation will not happen unless individual women agree to be outcasts, eccentrics, perverts, and whatever the powers-that-be choose to call them.”
“In New York, they like winners. They don't like second place.”
“One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'”
“Not only will I beat you tonight...I'll beat you this Sunday and become World Heavyweight Champion!”
“We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you.”

Source : Ellen G. White (1941). “Christ's Object Lessons”

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