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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. – Henry Louis Mencken

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As a game of mingled skill and chance, Billiards stands at the head of what may be called Indoor Athletics. Requiring far less mental exertion than Chess… it provides amusement for the mind, it also affords exercise for the body. – Captain Crawley (George Frederick Pardon, 1824–1884), The Billiard Book, 1

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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward. – Amar Gopal Bose

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Our whole life is solving puzzles. – Erno Rubik

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