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"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."
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"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."
"We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode.""Really? You're so good that my head would explode?"It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. "It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen.""That's a lot of expectation to live up to.""I exceed expectations."So modest, too."
"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."
"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."
"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."
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"In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications."
"The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime."
"The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give."
"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."
"I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties."
"Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!"
"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."
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