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Boris Spassky

"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."

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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

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"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."

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A.E. Samaan

"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

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"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."

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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."

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A.E. Samaan

"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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A.E. Samaan

"I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."

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A.E. Samaan

"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."

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A.E. Samaan

"I believe the Rolling Stones wanted to play in Golden Gate Park."

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"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."

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"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."
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"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
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"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre."
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"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."
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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
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"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
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"Time control directly influences the quality of play."
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"I don't want ever to be champion again."
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"Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship."
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