"You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of chess, of chess culture."

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Source : "Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games".

Mikhail Botvinnik

#Success Quotes #Home Quotes #Culture Quotes

“[Cycling] is easily the quickest way around central London, faster than bus, Tube or taxi. You can predict precisely how long every journey will take, regardless of traffic jams, Tube strikes or leaves on the line. It provides excellent exercise. It does not pollute the atmosphere. It does not clog up the streets.”
“My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row.”
“I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.193, Applewood Books
“I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.”

Source : "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.
“Coquetry is the champagne of love.”
“Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future”
“Remember, we are creating the lives we're about to enter into.”
“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”

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