George Koltanowski Quotes
Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess
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One should be able to say to our children: You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world, there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed, there has never been another child like you! ... and when you grow up, can you harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
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After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because they couldn't catch. Otto Graham once said that I had 9.1 speed and 12-flat hands, but I proved him wrong. I was the leader of the pack.
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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
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The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.
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A queen keeps a court that is spoken about. A goddess keeps a court that is never forgotten.
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Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess
