"In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him"

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Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”, p.277

Charles Buxton

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“But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.”
“Happy people don't run a 3:47 mile.”

Source : "Mexico wins at World Cup! Does that mean the 'no sex' thing is working?" by Brian Alexander, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.
“I'm not the perfect bride after all.”
“But I was waiting for some magical moment, that would prove to me, forever would be fine. Meanwhile, my first love was standing first in line.”

Source : Song: First Love, Album: Change It All, 2005
“I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.”
“Edward was always focused, watching and also listening to what others couldn't see.”
“We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we attribute responsibility to - we say "I", "I" did this because "I" wanted to, because "I" am a good person or because "I" am a bad person. The loop is the fact that we represent our selves, our desires, hopes, dreads and dreams: it is the way in which we conceive of ourselves, rather than the way we conceive of Mount Everest or of a tree. And I say it exists entirely in the loop: the self is an hallucination hallucinated by an hallucination.”
“I am totally free to choose thoughts of joy. It is my Divine right to do so.”

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