"Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces"

-- Akiba Rubinstein

#Black Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“War is part of what I do, it's not what I do. It's certainly not what I am and who I am.”
“Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.”
“We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.”

Source : Jeffery Deaver (1997). “The Bone Collector”, Viking Press
“People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.”
“A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.”
“Here's your protection for whatever comes: Find something to be happy about every day, and every hour if possible, moment-to-moment, even if only for a few minutes.”
“Mental events such as perceivings, rememberings, decisions, and actions resist capture in the net of physical theory.”

Source : Donald Davidson (2001). “Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays”, p.207, Oxford University Press
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.”

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