Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in … - A. A. Milne

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When I look at someone's face, I look beyond that face and into the cellular memory in my heart that says, 'Finally you and I have met again. And now we must find out why'.

A. A. Milne

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart. . . I'll always be with you.

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Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

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The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen

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In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

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