F***ing Hell

"Stand up is arguing with yourself. It's chess against yourself."
- Ricky Gervais [born 1961]

Hockney at the MET

"Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make."
- David Hockney

synonym infinity

"There are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe."
- Diego Rasskin-Gutman

chess axiom

"Let your opponent show you how he'd like to lose."

tailed by the KGB

"Our fight wasn't to win elections, but to have elections."
- Garry Kasparov

"There are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe."

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"It's better to be overly confident than pessimistic [because pessimists] see dangers that aren't there."
- Magnus Carsen

key to success

"When we're victorious, we don't think about failure. But when we fail and make mistakes, we all scrutinize our failures. That's exactly what we shouldn't do. When you're successful, scrutinize your success. Ask how you could've done a lot better."
- Gary Kasparov [born 1963] paraphrased

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