"But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer."

-- Tom Lehrer

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“It's a very special generation, because during our careers the computer entered chess. So we know how to play without computers, which is also important. We can analyse without computers. I am not saying that younger players cannot do this, but we are more in the habit of doing this. That's important to improve your chess understanding.”
“If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?”
“An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.”
“The need here is professional closeness tempered by emotional distance.”
“If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.”
“The creative is always an act of recombination, with something added by new juxtapositionÂ—as making a spark requires two things struck together.”
“Manchester has it's own pride and London has it's sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well.”
“When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.”

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