"The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem"

-- Marcel Duchamp

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“Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there â€“ the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.”
“Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.”

Source : "Busted bust up". www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2005.
“The Internet, I'm trying to point out, is a kooks' paradise. Anybody with a keyboard and a modem can spread fear, loathing, and just plain asinine ideas among hundreds of thousands of people with the click of a button. Discouraging, but true.”
“Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.”
“Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you'll have to use yourself as your first and last consultant.”
“He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.”

Source : Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.71, A&C Black
“It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.”
“If Iâ€™m not saying â€˜Hell Yeah!â€™ to something, then I say no.”

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