Howard Staunton Quotes
The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.
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The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.
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However hard they try, men cannot create a social organism, they can only create an organization. In the process of trying to create an organism they will merely create a totalitarian despotism.
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It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
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Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream.
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Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
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I don't see myself as a pop star, just a singer.
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I want to be a part of this organization, and I know the fans are a little harsh sometimes, but that's how it is here in New York, and I'm ready for it.
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All I've ever wanted is to be normal.
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God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.
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We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
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Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live, the more I think of it as a game of Consequences.
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.
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In the dark womb where I beganMy mother's life made me a man.Through all the months of human birthHer beauty fed my common earth.I cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir,But through the death of some of her.
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The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.
