"The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others."

-- Emanuel Lasker

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“Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!”

Source : Frederick William Faber (1860). “Spiritual conferences”, p.34
“The only serious side-effect of #â€Ž ***** is that you might get arrested.”
“I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.”

Source : Interview with Baird Jones in New York Post, December 11, 1999.
“People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well.”
“Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.”

Source : 'Cargoes' (1903)
“Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.”
“You can't be happy, taking away something I've worked on all my life to do and help my teammates and help my defense, ... It's just part of me, playing the puck. So, definitely, you can't be happy.”
“There's things Calvin Johnson does that nobody else can do. He's obviously huge, his physical attributes outweigh just about everyone in the league. But on top of that, he still has the ability to learn. He's like a sponge and soaks up anything that can help him as an athlete, as a person. On top of that, he's not soft. He catches the ball and tries to get upfield to score. He doesn't slide or go out of bounds. That's a rare find in the NFL.”

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