Cecil Purdy (Cecil John Seddon Purdy) Quotes

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted.

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• A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

  

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• I never was a very good singer.

  

  Jackson Browne
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• I've also gotten messages from men and women who are not the most attractive, in their minds, or are self-conscious about their weight. They're thanking me for doing songs like 'Proud Mary' and shaking a tailfeather, because they say I seem real comfortable in my skin and it made them want to be comfortable in theirs.

  

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• What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

  

  Kate Moss
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• At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
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• My favorite unknown movie is 'The Comic.'

  

  Dick Van Dyke
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• But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.

  

  Cliff Stearns
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• Generally, the president's power and capital is used to close a deal and not always to negotiate bit by bit.

  

  Leon Charney
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• I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

  

  Mary J. Blige
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• With climate change, we are living on borrowed time. If we do not address these issues today, it is going to be much more expensive later on, and that is why we need to take action now.

  

  Johan Eliasch
  • Time
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• Everything does go in a circle.

  

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• Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

  

  Alan Cumming
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• The problem is not one of rogue cops. The problem is a problem of rogue leadership. The problem is a problem of immoral leadership. We have heard a lot about public morality and moral leadership in the last year. But very little of it focuses on the immoral conduct we're complaining about today.

  

  Ira Glasser
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• I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.

  

  Tammy Wynette
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• There is so much to groak; So little to groak from.

  

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• Never forget that every living thing has a particular and needed job to do in the universal Plan and Purpose.

  

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• I tell people I'm big in the music business like a barnacle is big in shipping.

  

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• In the story, which is only a few chapters long in Genesis, Noah never even speaks until after the flood - but when you have Russell Crowe, you're going to make him speak.

  

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• Death Row is a bridge out of that ghetto world, giving voices to those people society thinks shouldn't be heard.

  

  Nate Dogg
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• I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.

  

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• It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.

  

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• Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Progress

• I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted.

  

  Cecil Purdy
  • Looks
  • Position
  • Chess