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.
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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.
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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
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My favorite unknown movie is 'The Comic.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.
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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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He could ball with the crew, he could solo But I think I like him better when he dolo
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I think people are universal.
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There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.
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I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.
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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.
