"In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him."

-- Emanuel Lasker

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“He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.”

Source : James Finn Garner (2011). “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories”, p.6, Souvenir Press
“On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Alec licked his spoon, then set it on the table and popped his drink open. "Okay, I may be breaking some kind of girl bonding rule or something, but can I offer you a guy's perspective on this?" I frowned, my spoon halfway to my mouth. "Is this gonna make me want to hit you?" He shrugged. "Maybe. But it's the truth. Here goes: kissing back is an instinct. Unless the girl smells like a sewer or has tentacles feeling you up independently, a guy's first instinct is to kiss back. That's how it works. What's important is how long that kissing back lasted. So...how long?”
“The meaning resides in one's own experience, making the everyday the exceptional.”
“If you do the best you can, no matter how bad the situation, you probably are going to come out okay.”
“An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan”

Source : Stokely Carmichael (1966). “What we want”
“The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.”
“When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.”

Source : "Serby’s Sunday Q&A with … Tyson Chandler". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. December 18, 2011.

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