"There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you suffer like in any other sport. Suffering euphoria comes when the opponent blunders in a winning position, but it is undeserved."

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Source : "Joys of Chess: From Krabbé to Hesse" by Lubomir Kavalek, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2011.

Lubomir Kavalek

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“Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.”

Source : "Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.
“I just want my relationship to be more for myself rather than a public statement.”
“What's more interesting are the dynamics between people that involve hypocrisy or ignoring each other. That's what I want to write about. I like to make people uncomfortable because it's something we should be uncomfortable about.”
“I hope that when I commence that oath, my tongue may cleave to the roof of my mouth. If I ever sign one line to show allegiance, I hope my arm falls paralyzed to my side....Get out. I'm so disgusted I can't endure your presence any longer.”
“...one can hardly deny that mankind has a common store of thoughts which is transmitted from one generation to another.”

Source : Gottlob Frege (1952). “Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”
“the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me.”
“Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.”
“Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.”

Source : "Giants' pioneer urges outreach to black youths". Interview with John Shea, www.sfgate.com. April 18, 2010.

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