"In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody"

-- Paul Keres

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“Le geai pareÂ Â des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.”
“Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.”
“The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. Â The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . . Â Fear is what blocks an artist. Â The fear of not being good enough. Â The fear of not finishing. Â The fear of failure and of success. Â The fear of beginning at all.”
“They're both [Ethan Hawke and John Travolta] so good. It's hard to explain. But they're consummate professionals and you see the little choices they make - you see it in their eye. You see these little details they do where you go, "That's why they're them."”
“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect”
“Anybody who has ever owned a dog who barked when strangers came near its owner's property has experienced the essential continuity between animal territoriality and human property. Our domesticated cousins of the wolf are instinctively smarter about this than a good many human political theorists.”
“When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.”
“If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.”

Source : "Mark Wahlberg: 'The first thing I do each day is pray'" by Gabrielle Donnelly, www.catholic.org. December 28, 2010.

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