"The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself be so completely humiliated as not being able to make a move looks rather undeserved."

-- Mihail Marin

#Moving Quotes #Games Quotes #Chess Quotes

“If I move, if I speak, if I so much as blink, I'm going to lose this battle.”
“Thereâ€™s this idea that somehow youâ€™ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, theyâ€™d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.”
“I find human beings to be so complex and full of beauty. Creativity is our way to express and challenge and flow. So, all you humans, create and flow! Ill be over here thinking you are beautiful and creepy and freaky and wonderful!”
“True taste is forever growing, learning, reading, worshipping, laying its hand upon its mouth because it is astonished, casting its shoes from off its feet because it finds all ground holy.”
“I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.”
“I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.”
“People like to say you're either born with style or you're not, and that's complete hooey. You've gotta develop your own and find your own.If you just put on whatever they're trying to sell you, you will always be out of fashion. Otherwise, they can't keep selling you. So, you will always be out of fashion. Get used to it. That's the game. Whatever they say is fashionable, chuck it.”
“It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.”

Source : Nicolas CAUSSIN (1678). “The Holy Court ... The third edition. L.P.”, p.386

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