"He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist."

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Anton Chekhov

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“Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.”

Source : David Bronstein (1991). “200 Open Games”, p.97, Courier Corporation
“Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word.”
“In all my activities as Armament Minister I never once visited a labor camp, and cannot, therefore, give any information about them.”
“Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.”

Source : David Cottrell (2013). “Tuesday Morning Coaching and The Magic Question (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.24, McGraw Hill Professional
“Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.”
“There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.”
“Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching that it is wrong to add fire to fire, as through a funnel, pouring it into their body and soul before they proceed to the labor of life, thus exercising a caution as to the maddening habits of youth.”
“There is absolutely no point in sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. The great power you have is to let go ... focus on what you have, no that which has been mean or unkindly removed.”

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