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Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?


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Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.



A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror



Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.



I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings



A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it



Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack



The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!



Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.



In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.



I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.





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Here’s a fact: Some people want to live moreThan others do.

Here’s a fact: Some people want to live moreThan others do.



Writing is my passion, not my job. I need to write as much as I need to breathe, if not more.

Writing is my passion, not my job. I need to write as much as I need to breathe, if not more.



Sometimes pain and hurt are good things because it means you strived for something in your life.

Sometimes pain and hurt are good things because it means you strived for something in your life.



I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It has to be true for me to say it.

I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It has to be true for me to say it.



Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.



The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.



My liveliest delight was in having conquered myself.

My liveliest delight was in having conquered myself.



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