"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate."

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Jose Raul Capablanca

#Simple Quotes #Reality Quotes #Chess Quotes

“Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.”

Source : Song: Lush Life
“I really love getting hot stone massages. They really help me relax and it's so soothing for your muscles.”

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“The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery. Happiness is never better exhibited than by young animals, such as puppies, kittens, lambs, &c., when playing together, like our own children.”
“... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't even begin to imagine where he came from”
“Itâ€™s odd, isnâ€™t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when itâ€™s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that youâ€™re not alone.”
“Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.”
“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”
“It is through you, actors, that the forces which are understood by millions and that tell of everything that is beautiful on earth, find expression. The forces which reveal to people the happiness of living in a widened consciousness and in the joy of creative work for the whole world. You, the actors of a theatre, which is one of the centres of human culture, will never be understood by the people if you are unable to reflect the spiritual needs of your time, the now in which you are living.”

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