"Never in the history of chess have so many moves been repeated so often so quickly by so many people who didn't really understand them."

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Source : Michael Stean (2003). “Simple Chess”, p.141, Courier Corporation

Michael Stean

#Moving Quotes #People Quotes #Chess Quotes

“Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isn't a given, and even if it were, I don't think the end justifies the means. I am not against stem cells, I think it's great. Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me-any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. You cannot stop the human mind from working.”

Source : "A Conversation With: Joseph E. Murray; On Surgical Innovation And The Questions It Can Raise". Interview With Cornelia Dean, www.nytimes.com. September 25, 2001.
“I would like to thank the Cypriot people for their maturity and collectedness shown in their interactions with the Cypriot Banks.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 28, 2013
“Spend the rest of your life doing what God prepared you to do.”
“I realized I needed to address people, not just dress them.”
“The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.”
“The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.”
“By an incredible coincidence, Gamow and Edward Condon, who had discovered simultaneously and independently the explanation of radioactivity (one in Russia, the other in this country), came to spend the the last ten years of their lives within a hundred yards of each other in Boulder.”
“Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that was the final episode. I think I had a breakthrough.' And I would believe-for a few months-that it was true. That she was back to stay. Maybe it was like having a rock star mother who was always on the road. Were there Benatar children? Did they sit around and wonder if their mom's Hell is for Children tour was going to be her last tour?”

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