"Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists"

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Mikhail Botvinnik

#Numbers Quotes #Violin Quotes #Chess Quotes

“A man's kiss is his signature.”
“The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.”
“I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.”
“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
“You are being suffocated by tradition... Why don't you say, 'I am going to build a life for myself, for my time, and make it a work of art'? Your life isn't a work of art ---it's a thirdhand Victorian whatnot shelf, complete with someone else's collection of seashells and hand-carved elephants.”
“I was the walrus, but now I am John...and so my friends, you'll just have to carry on. The dream is over.”
“The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation state. I was concentrating the whole time, thinking, 'Oh my God, it's time. I am going to meet my baby. What is he going to look like?'”
“Everything we think and feel is creating our future. If you're worried or in fear, then you're bringing more of that into your life throughout the day.”

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