Quote by Raymond Chandler
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can fin

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. – Raymond Chandler

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The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion. – Raymond Chandler

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Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. – Albert Einstein

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We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq. – Bob Graham

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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context. – Ted Stevens

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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. – Ed Parker

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