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.

Cecil Purdy

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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.

  

  Karen Duffy
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• I never was a very good singer.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Good
  • Never
  • Singer

• I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Live
  • Experience
  • Think

• 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.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
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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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  • Me
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• At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Age
  • Pessimistic

• The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.

  

  Cheryl Mills
  • People
  • Power
  • History

• My favorite unknown movie is 'The Comic.'

  

  Dick Van Dyke
  • Movie
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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
  • Law

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

  

  Leon Charney
  • Power

• 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
  • Trust
  • Struggle

• 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.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
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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
  • Work
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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
  • Today
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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.

  

  Leonard Susskind
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• If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it.

  

  Sia LSD

• Design patterns should not be applied indiscriminately. Often they achieve flexibility and variability by introducing additional levels of indirection, and that can complicate a design and/or cost you some performance. A design pattern should only be applied when the flexibility it affords is actually needed.

  

  Erich Gamma
  • Performance
  • Patterns
  • Complicate

• Stereotyped as convention-going, pocket-protector-wearing, chess-playing, infrequently-showering types, nerds are one of our society's most ridiculed groups. And, for a university with an international reputation as a bastion of intellectualism, Harvard is startlingly devoid of them.

  

  Alexandra Petri
  • Society
  • Chess

• 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