Nigel Short (Nigel David Short) Quotes
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Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
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We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
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Sometimes I draw blanks.
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.
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It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.
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I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.
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The word mystical is an even worse word than spirituality - that artists take drugs, and then they add some crazy extra thing to what we all know is real. But our job as artists or as human beings is to investigate what we really think is real.
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The situation has gone from bad to worse.
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I tried to, from my very early years, I've been an inveterate movie goer and still am and I, I love the medium. So what I, what I draw and what I'm still doing, is part of that particular orientation.
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The worse the coming future, the more it should motivate its opponents.
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things are never so indescribably ghastly that they can't get worse.
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Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!
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Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
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There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.
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Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.
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It seems like they played really hard against Sacramento, didn't they? That was their other opponent they had an option to play. It would seem like they want to choose us.
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Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.
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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
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Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.
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I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.
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If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off.
