"Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!"

-- Stanislaw Lem

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“A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.”

Source : "The Mission Song". Book by John le Carré, 2006.
“Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.”
“A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.”

Source : Howard Staunton (1876). “The American Chess-player's Handbook: Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognised Openings : Exemplified by Appropriate Games Actually Played by Morphy, Harrwitz, Anderssen, Staunton, Paulsen, Montgomery, Meek and Others : from the Work of Staunton”, p.22
“Platonic friendship-the interval between the introduction and the first kiss.”
“I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.”
“War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.”
“The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2017). “Progressive Democracy”, p.215, Routledge
“The best advice my dad ever gave me is, â€˜No does not mean never. It just means not yet.â€™ So not every audition, youâ€™re gonna get but as long as you know it wasnâ€™t meant for you then youâ€™ll get the next one.”

Source : "Haley Joel Osment: What I've Learned" by Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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