"The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind"

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Source : Emanuel Lasker (1960). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”, p.167, Courier Corporation

Emanuel Lasker

#Moving Quotes #Player Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
“How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.' Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.”
“The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.”
“Here we have some people who call themselves Christians and they forget Jesus Christ was a Jew. Something like anti-Semitism is an artificial way of avoiding responsibility. You blame the problems in your country on someone else, on some group.”
“Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.”
“I don't think most people want to be unhappy. It's just something they've gotten good at.”
“Anything, absolutely anything is possible”
“I consider myself a pretty rounded guy. I've done pretty elite things in business, sport and academics and all of a sudden I woke up one morning and I'm a 'big, black, British, gay guy'. That was frustrating at times”

Source : "Walking Tall". news.bbc.co.uk. July 23, 2007.

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