"I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune."

-- Mikhail Tal

#Player Quotes #Chess Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.”
“What transsexuality emphatically is not is a 'lifestyle,' any more than being male or female is a lifestyle. Gender is many things, but one thing it is surely not is a hobby. What it is, more than anything else, is a fact.”
“If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.”
“Poetry is life distilled.”
“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.”
“Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.”
“I say all the time I think there should be some courses in the regular schooling system that isn't, even like about credit, things that matter later in life. I learned the harder way: 'Look, I got a $500 credit card in the mail, let's go shopping!'”
“I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world?”

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