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“The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.”
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“Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”
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“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping

“As Weizmann said, the world for Jews was “divided into places where they cannot live and places where they may not enter.”
― The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
― The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
“A human being will rarely admit this to you, but they tend to be terrified of living forever. They were born and raised with the understanding that their lives would end. They've achieved everything they wanted to achieve, all the ills that plagued them.
And now boredom is their only enemy. And they get up in the morning and fight it every day of their eternal lives. Recreation and play sustain them. Football sustains them. And if you find yourself in a football game that's such a gargantuan task, that seems undefeatable, that will claim eons of your time and your passion?
I think that makes you one of the lucky ones.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future
And now boredom is their only enemy. And they get up in the morning and fight it every day of their eternal lives. Recreation and play sustain them. Football sustains them. And if you find yourself in a football game that's such a gargantuan task, that seems undefeatable, that will claim eons of your time and your passion?
I think that makes you one of the lucky ones.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future

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