"Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me."

-- Anatoly Karpov

#Squares Quotes #Cities Quotes #Chess Quotes

“I am a Piscean, and they have a lovingly detached attitude towards life.”
“Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.”
“There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.”
“If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that.”
“I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realized that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.”
“I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.”
“My Passion uncontrolled shall rove, Doubly debauched with Wine and Love.”
“"I don't ever want to try to be a 'cute guy.' I want to be Charles Laughton, or Oliver Reed, or Lon Cheney. That's way more fun for me." And once I flipped that switch, that's another thing I've taken off my shoulders, where I never have to worry about, "Do I look good?"”

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