"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent."

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Vasily Smyslov

#Men Quotes #Chess Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“I was really interested in collecting insects.”

Source : "The Ultimate Game Freak". Time Magazine Interview (Volume 154, No. 20), content.time.com. November 22, 1999.
“Today's children will become tomorrow's civilization.”
“I didn’t want to hear that people lived happily ever after. I wanted to know that other people suffered, too.”

Source : Heather King (2006). “Parched”, p.29, Penguin
“Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne, and different people expressing their way of evolving in hip-hop. In the evolution of hip-hop, they're doing different things. And you've seen hip-hop have more of a global presence and impact on the world.”
“My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.”
“Think not thy love to God merits God's love to thee; His acceptance of thy duty crowns His own gifts in thee; man's love to God is nothing but a faint reflection of God's love to man.”
“We can always find noble reasons for what we want to do.”

Source : Mary Heaton Vorse, Dee Garrison (1985). “Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse”, Monthly Review Pr
“Our car looks better than everything I've seen so far.”

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