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“In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ...
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.”
― Chess Story
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.”
― Chess Story
“It doesn’t matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived?”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.”
― The Solitaire Mystery
― The Solitaire Mystery
“I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run-simply because I wanted to. I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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