"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."

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Source : "Poetics". Book by Daniel James Brooks (Book 1, p. 72), 2013.

Alexander Alekhine

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“For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out, and you wait around to get some good ideas that maybe do come or don't come. Until eventually you get the voice and autonomy of the characters, the characters have personality, and they sort of pick up the weight and put it on their shoulders. That's when it becomes a little more fun.”
“If I cannot offer some relief to our world, if I cannot inspire our generation to join me, then I feel I am a complete waste of space. This constant fear of feeling irrelevant in our society has been the catalyst behind all my efforts and passions for as long as I can remember.”
“You should spend your money on some nice lingerie. Big wool cotton pants, that just doesn't work. You have to feel sexy.”
“Bush equals Clinton equals Bush equals Obama equals Clinton. It's the same policies...immigration policies that may turn us into Europe, where hordes of Islamic madmen are raping, killing, pillaging, defecating in public fountains, harassing private citizens, elderly people - that's what's coming.”

Source : "Trump Campaign CEO Was a Big Promoter of Anti-Muslim Extremists". www.motherjones.com. September 15, 2016.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Source : FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014
“Jobs did not know that Sculley had told Eisenstat he wanted to quit, but by then it didn't matter. Overnight, he had changed his mind and decided to stay. Despite the blowup the day before, he was still eager for Jobs to like him. So he agreed to meet the next afternoon.”
“If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.”
“Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.”

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