A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.

The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated.

A great chess player always has a very good memory.

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?

I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama?

I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.

We are cut, we are fallen. We are become part of that unfeeling universe that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie asleep.

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.