Duchess of York: [to Richard III] To war take with you my most gravest curse! My prayers shall on Richard's party fight. Bloody you are! Bloody will be your end! Shame serves your life and will your death attend.
Bruce Wayne: "We're 5 little items of an everyday sort. You'll find us all in a tennis court". In... A-E-I-O-U. Vowels. Alfred Pennyworth: Not entirely unclever, sir, but what do a clock, a match, chess pawns, and vowels have in common? What do these riddles mean? Bruce Wayne: Every riddle has a number in the question and they arrived at this order: 13, 1, 8, and 5. Alfred Pennyworth: 13, 1, 8, and 5. What do they mean? Bruce Wayne: Perhaps letters of the alphabet? Alfred Pennyworth: Of course, 13 is M. Bruce Wayne: 1 would be A, 8 would be H, and 5 would be E. Alfred Pennyworth: M-A-H-E. Bruce Wayne: Perhaps 1 and 8 are 18. Alfred Pennyworth: 18 is R. M-R-E. Bruce Wayne: How about Mr. E.? Alfred Pennyworth: Mystery. Bruce Wayne: And another name for mystery? Alfred Pennyworth: Enigma. Bruce Wayne: Mr. E. Nygma. Edward Nygma. Stickley's suicide was obviously a computer-generated forgery. Alfred Pennyworth: You really are quite bright, despite what people say.
Jonathan Steinbloom: [referring to his mother] You could say she was overly protective - I just like to think she cared about me, which she did, a lot. And I was a member of the chess team and whenever we would have chess tournaments I had to wear a protective helmet, I had to wear a football helmet. Now who knows what she was thinking? Maybe she thought that we might have fallen maybe and impaled our heads on a pointy bishop or something, I don't know.
Little Vivi: These are the headdresses of the queens that have gone before us. They come from Indian holy ground... the jungles of the ancients... prairies of the Norwegians... and the forests of the mighty Amazons. The royal crowns of our people. [pouring something from a jar into a glass] Little Vivi: This is the blood of our people, the wolf people, the alligator people, and the moon women from which we gain our strength to rule all worlds. [Hands glass to Little Teensy. Little Teensy shakes head no] Little Vivi: It's ok, it's just chocolate. [Teensy drinks] Little Vivi: Teensy Melissa Whitman: I declare you, Princess-Naked-As-A-Jaybird. Little Teensy: [whispers] Ah Cha Cha! Little Vivi: [turns to Little Caro] Caro Eliza Bennett: I declare you, Duchess Soaring Hawk. [turns to Little Necie] Little Vivi: Necie Rose Kelleher: I declare you, Countess Singing Cloud. And I: Viviane Joan Abbott, am hereby and forever Queen Dancing Creek. [pulls a knife out of a shield] Little Necie: Now, wait just one second y'all... I don't think we should be cutting ourselves with that knife... Little Vivi: Silence! [nicks her hands with knife and passes it down to Little Teensy] Little Vivi: We are the flames of the fires, the whirling of the winds. We are the waters of the rains and the rivers and the oceans. We are the rocks and the stones. And now by the power invested in me, I declare we are the mighty Ya-Ya priestesses. Let no man put us under. Now our blood flows through each other as it's done for all eternity. Loyal forever. We raise our voices in the words of Mumbo Gumbo... YA-YA! All little Ya-Ya's: YA-YA!
Princess Victoria: Do you ever feel like a chess piece yourself? In a game being played against your will. Prince Albert: Do you? Princess Victoria: Constantly. I see them leaning in and moving me around the board. Prince Albert: The Duchess and Sir John? Princess Victoria: Not just them. Uncle Leopold. The king. I'm sure half the politicians are ready to seize hold of my skirts and drag me from square to square. Prince Albert: Then you had better master the rules of the game until you play it better than they can. Princess Victoria: You don't recommend I find a husband to play it for me? Prince Albert: I should find one to play it with you, not for you.
Richard III: Madam, mother, I do humbly crave your blessing. Duchess of York: God comfort you; and put meekness in your breast, love, charity, obedience and true duty! Richard III: Amen; [aside] Richard III: and make me die a good old man! That is the butt-end of a mother's blessing.
Rasputin: Bartok, get me a comb, find some cologne. I want to look my best! Bartok: That might take some work, sir. Rasputin: We're going to a party! Bartok: A party? Ooh, I could teach you the latest dance step. It starts with, like, a "whoa." And then you get really crazy with the hips, sir. It's fun! Rasputin: We'll let the Grand Duchess Anastasia have her moment. Bartok: [dancing] Aah, who cares? Rasputin: And then we'll kill her! Bartok: Right. Kill... kill her? Sir, what happened to the party idea? Rasputin: That's where I will kill her. [laughs and tears up newspaper] Rasputin: Crush her at the height of her glory. Bartok: And we're back to the crushing. Sir, I'm begging you, please, please forget the girl and get a life! Rasputin: Oh, I'll get a life, Bartok. Hers!
Josh Waitzkin: [talking to a friend on the phone] I'm playing chess with my dad. [pause] Josh Waitzkin: Chess. It's a game, like Monopoly.
Fresh: It was fun, dad, stupid fun, you seen that nigger's face... Sam: Chess ain't fun, boy, how many times do I gotta tell you that? Don't you listen to a word I say? Fresh: Maybe if I seen you more... Sam: Well you don't, so you be well served to retain some of the knowledge I'm imparting to you, rather than giving me all this hard ass street attitude bullshit.
Roger De Bris: Oh dear, your Mr. Bloom is staring at my gown. I should explain. I'm going to the choreographer's ball this evening. There is a prize for best costume. Carmen Ghia: We always win. Roger De Bris: I'm not so sure about this year. I'm supposed to be the Grand Dutchess Anastasia, but I think I look more like the Chrysler Building! Carmen Ghia: Well, as far as I'm concerned, without your wig on, you're only half-dressed. Roger De Bris: Well then, why don't you go and get it, o Wicked Witch of the West? [pause] Carmen Ghia: If your intention was to shoot an arrow through my heart... bulls-eye!
Tom Ripley: First of all I know there's something. That evening when we played chess for instance it was obvious. Dickie Greenleaf: What evening? Tom Ripley: Oh sure, no, no, it's too dangerous for you to take on. Oh, no, no, we're brothers. Hey. And then you do this sordid thing with Marge. Fucking her on the boat so we all have to listen. Which was excruciating! And you follow your cock around and now you're getting married! I'm bewildered, forgive me. You're lying to Marge and then you're getting married to her. You're knocking up Silvana. You're ruining everybody. You wanna play the sax, you wanna play the drums. What is it, Dickie? What do you actually want? Dickie Greenleaf: Who are you? Huh? Some third class loser? Who are you? Who are you to say anything to me? Who are you to tell me anything? Actually I really, really don't want to be on this boat with you. I can't move without you moving. Gives me the creeps. You give me the creeps!
It's not really a surprise we were known as the weaker sex, because you literally cannot get a breath. So it's sort of, as soon as you start getting emotional, if you're doing an emotional scne, you can't calm down. you can't literally draw a breath to try and center yourself again,
[on his past relationship with Caitlin] Dante Hicks: She was supposed to meet Brad Michaelson in a dark bedroom. She picked the wrong one. She didn't even know I was at the party. Randal Graves: Oh, my God. Dante Hicks: Great story, huh? Randal Graves: That girl was vile to you. Dante Hicks: Interesting post script to that story - do you know who wound up in that dark bedroom with Brad? Randal Graves: Your mother? Dante Hicks: Alan Harris. Randal Graves: Chess team Alan Harris? Dante Hicks: The two moved to Idaho together after graduation. They raise sheep. Randal Graves: That's frightening. Dante Hicks: Takes different strokes to move the world. Randal Graves: In light of this lurid tale, I don't even see how you can romanticize your relationship with Caitlin. She broke your heart and inadvertently drove men to deviant lifestyles.
Chief Inspector Uhl: As you know... we some times follow Duchess Von Teschen for her protection... Yesterday she was seen in the company of another man... Crown Prince Leopold: What man? Chief Inspector Uhl: Eisenheim, the illusionist. Crown Prince Leopold: What were they doing? Chief Inspector Uhl: Well they were meeting and uh... Crown Prince Leopold: Touching? Kissing?... Fornicating?
Crown Prince Leopold: Well done. Eisenheim: Thank you for coming. I hope you enjoyed it. Crown Prince Leopold: Oh, we more than enjoyed it, it stimulated great discussion among us hasn't it. Except of course for your assistant Duchess Von Teschen, you seem to have struck her quite speechless. Did you hypnotize her? Eisenheim: In a fashion. Crown Prince Leopold: I'd like to learn that trick. Reinher here seems to think you have supernatural powers. Do you claim supernatural powers? Eisenheim: I've never said anything of that kind. Crown Prince Leopold: Then you won't mind me asking a question or two? Sophie: Oh, lets not ruin it. Crown Prince Leopold: I needn't divulge in anything I can't guess. Eisenheim: As you wish. Crown Prince Leopold: You're assistants are behind the mirrors somewhere, in robes obviously; lights in the frame perhaps to illuminate them or angled mirrors. Eisenheim: That would be one way to do it. Crown Prince Leopold: I think i understand it all except the ghost. That was very very good. Josef Fischer: Another viewing, perhaps? Crown Prince Leopold: You must come the the Hoffburg next time. We'll make an evening of it. Eisenheim: That would be my pleasure. Crown Prince Leopold: So be it. Sophie. I will gather our best minds next time. You really have to challenge them. Eisenheim: Then I shall prepare something special. Perhaps I'll make you disappear.
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right
Carla Morgan: "Hey Virus, I bet you've never made moves like this in your chess club. Wanna screw?"
Sir John Conroy: [watching the crowd outside the palace] How changeable they are. They hate you, they love you, they hate you. Duchess of Kent: They punished her. They never hated her.
Bruce Pandolfini: [sets each chess piece up] Now, which one is you? Josh Waitzkin: What do you mean? Bruce Pandolfini: Which one is you? Josh Waitzkin: They're just pieces. Bruce Pandolfini: [places King in front of Josh] This is you!
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.
Mock Turtle: [tearfully] No, my shell! The Duchess stole it from me and tried to eat me for lunch! Nobility must be served, I suppose.
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.' Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.
When you see a good move, look for a better one
Terrible thought she was brave. She remembered it now, heard his voice in her head as if he stood next to her.
IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt the need to hide it.
Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart
....and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!
With magic almost anything was possible; all objects had energy, and energy could be manipulated.
I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are still sufficiently fresh in my mind. Much as I would like to, I cannot say this about these few games which will be given below. In fact, if the annotator should begin to use phrases of the type: 'in reply to...I had worked out the following variation...', the reader will rightly say 'Grandmaster, you are showing off', since the 'oldest' of these games is now more than 25 years old, and even the 'newest' more than 20. Therefore, I would ask you not to regard the following 'stylised' annotations too severely.
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