"His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

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“Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it”
“Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.”
“Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.”
“It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.”

Source : Samuel Gompers (1990). “The Samuel Gompers Papers: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90”, p.33, University of Illinois Press
“There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.”
“A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.”

Source : Samuel McChord Crothers (1920). “The Dame School of Experience, and Other Papers”
“Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created.”
“I actually think that the president owes the Jews of Europe an apology. They deserve better from the President of the United States. Anti-semitism is on the rise, and somebody must stick up for them.”

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