“The Queen's Gambit ” quotes
(2020)
Title The Queen's Gambit
Original title The Queen's Gambit
Year 2020
Director Scott Frank
Genre Drama
Original title The Queen's Gambit
Year 2020
Director Scott Frank
Genre Drama
Plot – Beth Harmon is a 9 year old orphan, shy, introverted and quiet. But her life will change forever when she plays her first chess game with a janitor who teaches her all the secrets of the game. She quickly becomes better and better and starts to play at chess tournaments. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. The stakes are getting higher and she is isolating herself from everyone. She wants the world champion title at all costs.
All actors – Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marielle Heller, Marcin Dorocinski, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling, Isla Johnston, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Dolores Carbonari, Janina Elkin, Matthew Dennis Lewis, Russell Dennis Lewis, Patrick Kennedy, Christiane Seidel, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Annabeth Kelly, Sergio Di Zio, Rebecca Root, Sophie McShera, Richard Waugh, William Horberg, Ryan Wichert, Eloise Webb, Millie Brady, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Felice, Jonathan Failla
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“Stop thinking about what might have happened in the past.”
“I don’t know why my body is so intent on sabotaging my brain when my brain is perfectly capable of sabotaging itself.”
“What you know is not always important.”
“We weren’t orphans, not as long as we had each other.”
“Creativity and psychosis often go hand in hand. Or, for that matter, genius and madness.”
“Most times when people tell us something’s for the best, it’s for the worst.”
“Men are gonna come along and wanna teach you things. You just let them blow-by, and you go on ahead and do just what the hell you feel like.”
“It takes a strong woman to stay by herself in a world where people will settle for anything, just to say they have something.”
“Anger is a potent spice. A pinch wakes you up; too much dulls your senses.”
“Someday, you’re gonna be all alone. So you need to figure out how to take care of yourself.”
“The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.”
“Intuition can’t be found in books.
”“It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it, I can dominate it. And it’s predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.”
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