"...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang."

-- Jon Speelman

#Chess Quotes #Position Quotes

“The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Between black and white there throbs the universe of chromatic phenomena.”
“You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being like, "We are the end of music. We are the end of this tradition. Music is done."”

Source : "Dirty Projectors". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2012.
“Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.”
“When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are so destructive. This is at the heart of the human predicament, and the Scriptures call this condition sin.”
“Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
“Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors.”
“The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.”

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