Just as it is wrong to work on chess by studying only the first 10-15 moves, so it is wrong to play one and the same opening system, even though it be rich in variations and nuances.

The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.

It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material.

It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position

I tried to kill myself when I was thirteen but failed. That was the greatest failure of my life.

There are no more ceilings over my dreams... They have no limit

One final time I told myself I wasn't abducting my little brother.

Virtue has need of limits.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it wants to have and part of what it ought to have whether it wants it or not.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.

(Kiara sees Carlos' bleeding face)"Carlos! Oh my God, what happened?" "You still recognize me with a busted-up face. That's a good sign, right?