"If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying with the game, then you've given them brain food and you've given them a skill that can last them a lifetime."

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Source : Source: www.ebony.com

Maurice Ashley

#Kids Quotes #Brain Quotes #Chess Quotes

“All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.”
“I think we need to embrace feminism, we need to embrace all of the gifts women bring to the workplace. ”
“There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.”
“Wherever you are spiritually, whatever you have been through emotionally, you are already wrapped in the Lordâ€™s embrace. Held by nail-scarred hands. Enfolded in the arms of One who believes in you, supports you, treasures you, and loves you.”

Source : Liz Curtis Higgs (2009). “Embrace Grace: Welcome to the Forgiven Life”, p.6, WaterBrook
“I don't look at it like that's my rival and I have to beat her. It's more like, I have to ski this as fast as I can and the fastest of everyone out here and that's what I expect.”
“As a man gets older, if he knows what is good for him,, the women he likes are getting older too. The trouble is that most of them are married.”

Source : Ross Macdonald (2011). “The Zebra-Striped Hearse”, p.9, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 23, 2011.

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