"The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon."

-- Leonid Shamkovich

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“music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.”
“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.”

Source : Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854). “Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence”, p.54, Burt Franklin
“He was wearing a plain white oxford unbuttoned over a T-shirt, but something about the way they fit made him look put together, like an Abercrombie model (well, like an Abercrombie model who had remembered to put on a shirt that morning).”

Source : Claire LaZebnik (2011). “Epic Fail”, p.13, Harper Collins
“I had my first kiss when I was 11, but I think I've blocked it out of my mind because it was so bad. I'm not even sure it counts as a kiss.”
“The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.”
“Psychologists are men with nothing in their own minds, searching in the minds of others for an idea-in order to kill it.”

Source : Harry Hooton (1961). “It is Great to be Alive”
“Aren't rumors great. Anyone can start them. They're a wonderful way to put out feelers. It's like getting the benefits of a publicist without paying one.”
“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.”

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