"The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them."

-- Jose Raul Capablanca

#Art Quotes #Player Quotes #Past Quotes

“I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive.”
“The liberals and free people of the world will not like to see the Palestinian people living under siege. We have received indications from the international community that they will not stop their aid.”
“It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. The only thing that matters is how many times you get up.”
“There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was "style" and a result obtained with simple equipment was more elegant than one obtained with complicated apparatus, just as a mathematical proof derived neatly was better than one involving laborious calculations. Rutherford's first disintegration experiment, and Chadwick's discovery of the neutron had a "style" that is different from that of experiments made with giant accelerators.”
“Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.”
“I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.”
“My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!”
“Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.”

Source : See Thomas Carlyle 19; Edison 2; Jane Ellice Hopkins 1

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