"Chess is not only knowledge and logic"

--

Alexander Alekhine

#Chess Quotes #Logic Quotes

“I am not a member of the chamber of commerce for show business, believe me, but there are some really good people in the business, and [Tom] Hanks has this everyman decency onscreen, but he actually is that guy.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.”
“We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.”
“I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.”
“Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.”
“There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.”

Source : "White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card". "PBS NewsHour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. June 7, 2002.
“I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.”

Source : "Classical Piano and Modern Design" by Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. November 11, 2011.
“And remember this most of all: when it is darkest, that is when you can see the stars most clearly.”

Source : Kathleen McGowan (2010). “The Poet Prince”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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