"I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands."

-- Vladimir Kramnik

#Children Quotes #Character Quotes #Hands Quotes

“More and more, I see myself as a folk musician, and someone who values context.”

Source : "The essential Rosanne Cash". Interview with Bob Gendron, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 16, 2012.
“A home without a dog is merely a shelter.”
“At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution,”
“Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.”
“The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.”
“People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.”
“My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was United Nations. I was fine with it, even though I identify as a black woman. People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, "But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green." I'm like, "What? No, no, I'm definitely black." Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.”

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