"Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games."

-- Viswanathan Anand

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“I'd grown up fearing the lynch mobs of the Ku Klux Klan; as an adult I was starting to wonder if I'd been afraid of the wrong white people all along - where I was being pursued not by bigots in white robes, but by left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony.”
“Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him too easily that has transgressed is to wrong him that transgresses not.”

Source : Baldassare Castiglione (2012). “The Book of the Courtier”, p.32, Courier Corporation
“Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you.”

Source : Jeff Guinn (2006). “The Autobiography of Santa Claus”, p.43, Penguin
“A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's Ashes.”

Source : Frank McCourt (1999). “Angela's Ashes: A Memoir”, p.357, Simon and Schuster
“I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.”
“I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.”
“There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.”
“You go from having fun doing something to having it become your life without you realizing it. It can be weird and dark, but every single time I have a dark thought that makes me think dark about that, I tell myself, "Stop, you're stupid. This is great."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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