"I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess."

-- Magnus Carlsen

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“By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.”
“Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today.”

Source : "Interview with Greg Cipes, TV's Michelangelo". Interview with David Burszan, www.denofgeek.com. November 4, 2013.
“The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.”
“My experience working in the Grameen Bank has given me faith; an unshakable faith in the creativity of human beings. It leads me to believe that humans are not born to suffer the misery of hunger and poverty. They suffer now as they did in the past because we turn our heads away from this issue.”
“The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.”
“Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.”
“The age of miracles has not past. The Miracle Worker is still ALIVE. His name is Jesus Christ!”
“When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.”

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