"The choice of moves should not be made on an exact verdict of the final position, but on whether or not your position has improved or worsened."

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Source : "Excelling at Positional Chess". Book by Jacob Aagaard, 2001.

Jacob Aagaard

#Moving Quotes #Choices Quotes #Finals Quotes

“Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of their Christian walk.”

Source : Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.
“There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest.”
“When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.”
“[Adolf Hitler] hardly ever called [Eva Braun] "Eva." He had many Austrian diminutives for her. He called her "Evi" quite often as well as Schatzerl, Evchen, as well as other Austrian expressions.”
“A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.”
“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”
“Landscape is the creation of the one God - his sensuous image and revelation, through the investigation of which, by science or its representation by art, men's hearts are lifted toward him.”

Source : James Jackson Jarves (1960). “The art-idea”
“To believe something strongly when it is clearly hard to define and prove, and has not been proven, is to be prejudiced.”

Source : Simon Ramo (2005). “Meetings, Meetings and More Meetings: Getting Things Done when People are Involved”, Amer Bar Assn

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