"Checkers is for tramps"

-- Paul Morphy

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“There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently”
“But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.”

Source : "Bonzo Dog Band". Interview with Richie Unterberger, www.furious.com. January, 2001.
“Itâ€™s true that someone will always say that good and evil donâ€™t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with real evil. Good is far less convincing than evil, but itâ€™s because their chemical structures are different. Like gold, good is never found in a pure state in nature: it therefore doesnâ€™t seem impressive. It has the unfortunate tendency not to act; it prefers, passively, to be seen.”
“Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest.”
“I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.”
“Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam Like islands on a dark blue sea.”
“I see the US Open as glamorous. That's the word that comes to mind.”

Source : Eugenie Bouchard during U.S. Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. August 23, 2014.
“The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.”

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