"The only good Rook is a working Rook!"

-- Samuel Reshevsky

“I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.”
“[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).”
“That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles; and by the recognition by all citizens that they have duties as well as rights, and that such rights cannot be enjoyed save in a society where law is respected and due process is observed.”
“You are what you seek.”
“The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.”
“I've spent some time working with a non-Italian designer; I've been helping him organize fashion shows, the advertising, also helping with the creative part. But the great part about this work is that I am no one!”
“Pay attention to the inner voice that tells you when something feels right. Much of your creative problem-solving occurs at an unconscious level.”
“A journey is measured in friends, not miles.”

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