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People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.


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KIM HA CAMPBELL "In the heart is where the recordings of love and kindness are kept." ~ Tom Baker
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HUMPHRY DAVY Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindne...
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ELIZABETH SMITH Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindn...
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W. R. INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own...
W. R. [WILLIAM RALPH] INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own...
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ANUJ SOMANY The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.
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TRAVIS BRADBERRY All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands ...
RASHEED OGUNLARU Follow your heart, trust your gut, and use your head.
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AUSTIN GROSSMAN A little attention, a little kindness, a little thoughtfulness are worth more than all the wealth in...
AVIJEET DAS Chess is cool because you really have to get the right moves in your head before you play the game.
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SOURCE UNKNOWN Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.
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DEBORAH SANDELLA It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or ...
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DEYTH BANGER Use your head and your heart, its not everything but its a start.
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KATHARINE WHITEHORN The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman ...
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TOM GIAQUINTO The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The path from the head to the heart is filled with a lot of practice.
JIM GENOVESE A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
JOHN RUSKIN First with the head, then with the heart.
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VISWANATHAN ANAND Even in times of today, when one does not feel the need to go out of one's way for someone else, the...
ARTI HONRAO Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing diffi...
BORIS SPASSKY God gave us head- to think and heart- to feel- let's use this treasure properly.
SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST Women use their sexuality to promote all kinds of sports, so why not chess.
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LEROY JACK SYROP Successful teaching is not head-to-head; it is heart-to-heart.
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The best portion of a good man's life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and o...
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