"Excellent! I will still be in time for the ballet!"

-- Jose Raul Capablanca

#Ballet Quotes #Chess Quotes #Excellent Quotes

“I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.”
“He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.”
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”
“It's all trotters in Sweden, so that's what's always caught my eye.”
“I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.”

Source : Simon Raven (1963). “Boys Will be Boys”
“Talking of first times Stephanie, I bet your first time was really memorable for you and the captain ot the football team .. and the basketball team .. and the softball team, the track team, the chess club and the pool boy!”
“Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.”

Source : "PROCESS: Tom Gilroy and Campbell Scott on Acting, Directing and Details, Part I". Interview with Tom Gilroy, www.indiewire.com. December 19, 2001.
“there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.”

Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

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