"It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology."

-- Yuri Averbakh

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“Are there any punishments in life but our joys turned against us?”
“there is no pleasure so sweet as the pleasure of spending money but the pleasure of writing is longer. There is no denying that.”
“As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. This seems appropriate since I have obviously lost my grip on everything.”
“Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?”
“Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.”
“I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.”
“Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.”

Source : "Science and Democracy" by Lewis M. Branscomb and Andrew A. Rosenberg, The Scientist, www.the-scientist.com. October 1, 2012.
“What I do is play soccer, which is what I like.”

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