"Chess is my life, but my life is not chess."

-- Anatoly Karpov

#Chess Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.”
“The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles which Jesus did not always choose to give, they eagerly demanded.”
“We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.”
“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”

Source : Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.10, Faber & Faber
“Where most people looked forward to the weekend to go out and yie one on, my idea of a good time was to figure out a Scorpions song”
“Nobody really knows her Except the chosen few Her secrets are kept hidden Behind that sun-kissed hue. If I reach out to touch her Sheâ€™ll just run away My Forever and Always Will have to wait another day.”
“An effective lighting design is like a beautiful painting. Your medium is bringing someone to an emotional state he or she would not achieve at that moment without your art. This does not and can not happen by accident.”
“Stand up and take your dissonance like a man.”

Source : "Charles Ives' Rambunctious 'Fourth Of July'". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. July 3, 2008.

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