"The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not uncomfortable standing in a single spot for long periods, as the Bishop is."

-- Samuel Reshevsky

#Lying Quotes #Knights Quotes #Long Quotes

“Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world.”

Source : "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.
“You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.”

Source : Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.7, First Avenue Editions
“I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.”
“I've given my phone number to the weirdest people. I get texts from people all the time.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I have loved colours, and not flowers;Their motion, not the swallows wings;And wasted more than half my hoursWithout the comradeship of things.”

Source : Arthur Symons (1924). “The collected works of Arthur Symons”
“In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.”
“There was always a real reason for everything - why spoons tarnished, and jam furred, and people declined into God, or drink, or card games.”
“Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb?”

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