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Emanuel Lasker
“On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.”
Emanuel Lasker
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Walter Mosley
“Ain't no shame in bein' a grocer but it's bitch and a half if they think that that's all you're good for.”
Walter Mosley, Walkin' the Dog

Ambrose Bierce
“AMATEUR, n. A public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability.”
Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce
Alone, adj. In bad company.”
Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it.”
Jack Handey2

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