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Robert Byrne Quotes


A leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author.
Robert Eugene Byrne (born April 20, 1928 in New York City) is a leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author. He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for the New York Times, which ran his final column (a recounting of his 1952 victory over David Bronstein) on November 12, 2006. Byrne worked as a university professor for many years, before becoming a chess professional in the early 1970s.

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The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

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Winter is nature's way of saying 'Up yours.'

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One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.

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Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

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Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.