Quotes with chess-board

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  • Henry David Thoreau I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Anatoly Karpov Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
    Anatoly Karpov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1951 - 1951)
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    American architect (1867 - 1959)
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  • Bryan Robson A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Bill Dedman After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Arthur Rock And we invested three hundred thousand dollars, became the lead investor and I became Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems, as I was at Intel for a while.
    Arthur Rock
    American businessman and investor (1926 - )
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  • Carol Berg At one of the first science fiction conventions I ever went to, I saw a guy wearing a sandwich board promoting his book. Count me out of that one.
    Carol Berg
    American writer of fantasy novels (1948 - )
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  • Josh Billings Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Boris Spassky Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Birch Bayh But if you really want to get involved in making a difference, you can stay at home with your family and have a job and make a reasonable living without having to be on an airplane all of the time, then you ought to go back home and run for School Board.
    Birch Bayh
    American politician (1928 - 2019)
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  • Bobby Fischer Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Garry Kasparov Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Garry Kasparov Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • Garry Kasparov Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • Gary Kasparov Chess is mental torture.
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  • Viktor Korchnoi Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.
    Viktor Korchnoi
    Russian chess player (1931 - 2016)
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  • Vince Lombardi Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Bernadette Peters Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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