"Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all."

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Max Euwe

#Real Quotes #Long Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.”
“And they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a CranberryTart, And a hive of silvery Bees. And they brought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, and forty Bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese.”

Source : 'The Jumblies' (1871)
“Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.”
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.”
“After the last screening [of "Selling Isobel" ] an 18-year-old girl came up to me and said, "Oh my God, I'm so naÃ¯ve." I said, "No, you're not, you're just young." And she's so grateful for having seen it, because she's an actress and from now on she's going to take a friend with her to auditions and let her mom know exactly where she's going. That's a job done right there.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.”
“My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.”
“Think about last time you were broke ... now how well did it go with spending your way out of it? Did that work?”

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