"Has he some psychological antipathy to realism? I am no psychologist, and cannot say. The fact remains that Euwe commits the most inexplicable mistakes in thoroughly favorable positions, and that this weakness has consistently tarnished his record."

-- Hans Kmoch

#Mistake Quotes #Weakness Quotes #Records Quotes

“Anybody who is anybody seems to be getting a lift - by plastic surgery these days. It's the new world wide craze that combines the satisfactions of psychoanalysis, massage, and a trip to the beauty salon.”
“Remember That No Matter How Cool You Think You May Be, You Are Not Cool Enough To Look Down On Any One...Ever.”
“Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.”
“Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and wildlife. Together they make up the world of nature which surrounds us- of the American heritage.”
“Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.”

Source : John Ortberg (2001). “If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat”, p.24, Harper Collins
“God makes each one of us for the time into which we are born. He creates us for a purpose. Our job is to know Him well, discover what He created us to do, and then do it for all we're worth for the rest of our lives. Ask God to show you your purpose. He will answer.”
“put the car in "d" set the compass to "n" and get the "f"out of there”
“The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who`d choose Paul McCartney ... After the Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote `Happiness Is a Warm Gun` and McCartney wrote `Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da`. End of argument.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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