"The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict."

-- Max Euwe

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“We do not know what we see, but we see what we know.”
“I think we all go through times in our lives when we decide, "I'm going to try something else." I tried filmmaking instead of painting, and I think I enjoyed it more. So I don't paint anymore.”
“Relate your ask to the group at large by using "we" instead of "I." So I might say, "We grew our traffic by X percent this quarter and it was awesome; I brought in X percent of that." It also helps when women make it about collaboration: This is not a battle - you want to work together with the other person to get to a place you are both happy with - so remind them you're trying to come to a mutually beneficial agreement.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“I guess I feel like; if you're doing something and people are accusing you of appropriating something like that so obviously, then I would feel like I've failed as a creative person. It's just like stealing something and doing some sort of slight alteration to it - I'd feel like I'm not doing my job as a musician, or as a creative person - if it's just obvious like that.”
“North Carolina right now is going apeshit in a way no state ever has. Take every crazy, angry idea your drunk, right-wing uncle mumbles at Thanksgiving, turn it into a law, and thatâ€™s North Carolina today.”
“Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.”

Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.28, Da Capo Press
“BlogHer would not exist...if we hadn't made a commitment that the only way to work with women in an entirely new record-breaking technological environment was to listen as hard as we could and try to deliver services that they might be interested in.”
“It's hard to find things that won't sell online.”

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