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But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for ... - MORE But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.
Robert Benchley
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I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far a... - MORE I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.
Robert Benchley
games
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The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-bo... - MORE The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem.... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.
Marcel Duchamp
chess
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I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art—and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than ... - MORE I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art—and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
Marcel Duchamp
chess
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When your house is on fire, you can't be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your king is under attack you don... - MORE When your house is on fire, you can't be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your king is under attack you don't worry about losing a pawn on the queen's side.
Gary Kasparov
USSR, the
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
Gary Kasparov
chess
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Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.
Nigel Short
chess
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People's affections can be as thin as paper; life is like a game of chess, changing with each move. People's affections can be as thin as paper; life is like a game of chess, changing with each move.
unknown author
affection | life | change
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Rimbaud and Verlaine, precious pair of poets,
Genius in both (but what is genius?) playing... - MORE Rimbaud and Verlaine, precious pair of poets,
Genius in both (but what is genius?) playing
Chess on a marble table at an inn
Conrad Aiken
games
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Life's too short for chess. Life's too short for chess.
Henry J. Byron
chess
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