"By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces an unexpected re-assessment of values."

-- Emanuel Lasker

#Assessment Quotes #Play Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.”
“I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both.”
“Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it.”
“if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”
“Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.”
“One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.”
“I used to wash up the dishes as C3PO. And it's very hard to put cups away when this joint doesn't bend! Mum was very tolerant...”
“I love being outdoors, water sports, hiking - really, anything that keeps me moving!”

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