Any game where the goal is to build territory has to be beautiful. There may be phases of combat, but they are only means to an end, to allow your territory to survive. One of the most extraordinary aspects of the game of go is...
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Muriel Barbery
He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let the law become a Game, a Game in which the moves and the winning were...
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Sheri S. Tepper
If I had known his favorite game was mental twister, I would have suggested a movie over game night.
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Alfa H
Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and stays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.
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Edward FitzGerald
Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at...
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Cormac McCarthy
More Quotes By Pierre De Coubertin
All sports for all people.
Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
All sports for all people.
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.
