"I think most people are fascinated by chess for that reason. It's just these mystical shapes. It's almost like Harry Potteresque, like wizard's chess in a way. The pieces come alive and you're the sorcerer. You're the magician and you get to do what you want with them and hopefully you don't screw it up."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Maurice Ashley

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.”
“The pervert." "He prefers to think of himself as sexual deviant." "Semantics.”
“We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.”
“Ladies first." "Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous?”
“No matter how you feel you have to act like you are very popular with yourself; very relaxed and purposeful very unconfused and not like you are walking through the sunshine singing in chains.”
“I never claimed to be famous. Notorious I have always been.”
“Golf is a better game played downhill.”
“Every year for New Years I write down all of my goals and dreams and put them in my Bible. At the end of the year I go and pull the paper out and check this off and check that off.”

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