"The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man."

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Source : Howard Staunton (1848). “The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess”, p.7

Howard Staunton

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“I don't even understand why I have 1.7 million Twitter followers. Every day, I want to remind them and say, "Do you realize I'm an astrophysicist? Do you know what you're doing here?"”
“I love living in London but I would like to buy a place in Dubai and spend a few months of the year out there.”
“The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.”

Source : Orlando Williams Wight, Peter Abelard, Héloïse, Alphonse de Lamartine (1861). “Lives and Letters of Abelard and Heloise”, p.209
“Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act.”
“I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?”
“Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises.”

Source : Janette Oke (1989). “The Father of Love”, Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers
“Happiness is always possible - the only thing that really holds you back is your mind. You have probably already noticed that the happiest times in your life are when you are not thinking. It's a wonderful thing to stand outside your ego, to surrender to the flow, and to participate fully in a hobby, in nature, in meditation, in prayer, in art, in dance, in sport, and in the moment.”

Source : Robert Holden (2009). “Be Happy: Release the Power of Happiness in You”, p.92, Hay House, Inc
“I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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