"As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack."

-- Siegbert Tarrasch

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“This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So donâ€™t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings.”

Source : Joanna Macy, Norbert Gahbler (2006). “Pass it On: Five Stories That Can Change the World”, p.105, Parallax Press
“The infinitely competent can be uncreative.”

Source : John Edensor Littlewood, Béla Bollobás (1986). “Littlewood's Miscellany”, p.60, Cambridge University Press
“Women and rhythm-section first!?”
“Tell me what game Steph Landry and I used to play in the big dirt pile they made while they were digging my familyâ€™s pool, back when we were both seven, or Iâ€™ll know youâ€™re an alien replacement and youâ€™ve got the real Steph up in your mother ship!â€ I glared at him. â€œG.I. Joe meets Spelunker Barbie,â€ I said. â€œAnd stop being so ridiculous. We have to go. Weâ€™re going to end up at a bad table for lunch.”
“I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies.”
“The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1812). “Works: With and Introd. and Explanatory Notes By Henry Weber”, p.479
“What artists have accomplished is realizing there's only a small amount of stuff that's important and then seeing what it was.”
“The other players of job market are Global Competitors, the glamour corporations in high technology, telecom, entertainment, consumer products and pharmaceuticals who are the headline makers as they move jobs, services and production around the globe. They pay the highest salaries, but offer little in terms of job security, training, or careers.”

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