"To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game"

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Savielly Tartakower

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“We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.”
“Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.”
“Thou didst thy best, that is success.”
“Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.”
“But then a daring evasion by a leading conveyancer, known as the Lease and Release, received judicial sanction; and commenced a successful career of more than 200 years. The Lease and Release, attributed to Serjeant Moore, was based on the fact that the Statute of Inrolments did not apply to terms of years.”

Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”
“Since I write the lyrics, I don't want to be pigeonholed into a person who's out there preaching these songs. If you read the lyrics, there isn't a story being set up for you. You have to use your imagination to get the best out of the songs - if you choose to do that.”
“I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 30, 2006.
“It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.”

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