"During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey."

-- Alexander Alekhine

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“I'm not sure Messi is a human.”
“the smallest part is worthy of the whole.”
“The happiest of pillows is not that which love first presses! it is that which death has frowned on and passed over.”
“Every team has kind of a style or adjectives people use to describe the game that the team plays.”

Source : "U.S. Women's Soccer Team Prepares For World Cup". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 17, 2015.
“The ultimate aim of the training is to create an actor who can be responsible for his artistic development and achievement.”
“Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.”
“What if you can't do what you once did, like run and jump up and down? You can walk, which is also good for your mind and mental attitude. You can do simpler exercises, like getting up and down from a chair without using your hands. You can stay fairly flexible. The most important thing is to not become sedentary.”
“Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.”

Source : Interview With Tony Marx, mnmotorcycle.com. June 6, 2001.

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