"According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games."

-- Pal Benko

#Memories Quotes #Player Quotes #Games Quotes

“The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to approach with an uncalculating mind, with an attitude of regard...be alert for its openings, for that moment when something sacred reveals itself within the mundane, and you know the land knows you are there.”
“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.”
“The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.”
“Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.”
“The poem is not only the point of origin for all the language and narrative arts, the poem returns us to the very social function of art as such.”
“Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.”

Source : Sudhir Kakar (2008). “The Seeker: A Novel”, p.76, Shambhala Publications
“I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer."”
“I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.”

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