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

"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
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"Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni."

"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."

"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."
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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

"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."

"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."

"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."

"In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you."

"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."

"I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."
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