Cecil Purdy (Cecil John Seddon Purdy) Quotes
Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration
Cecil Purdy
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Langston Hughes
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
Brown Campbell
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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed; socialism doesn't work.
Rand Paul
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the old place of the Quoyles, half ruined, isolated, the walls and doors of it pumiced by stony lives of dead generations. The aunt felt a hot pang. Nothing would drive them out a second time.
Annie Proulx
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I believe international work is a heavy task, but that it is nevertheless indispensable to go through an apprenticeship in it, at the cost of many efforts and also of a real spirit of sacrifice: however imperfect it may be, the work of Geneva has a grandeur that deserves our support.
Marie Curie
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Your love is like bad medicine
Jon Bon Jovi
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If there are people who treat me wrong, I either talk to them about it, or I don't talk to them anymore. It's been the most thoughtful and considerate thing I could do for myself and other people. I am going to try to do that forever.
Lucy Dacus
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I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.
Kristin Scott Thomas
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Some enemies you must conquer, while the others you just need to outlive them
Conn Iggulden
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I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.
Gabby Douglas
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I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith... a lot of different people. But I don't find lyrical inspiration from anybody.
Emmy Rossum
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Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration
Cecil Purdy
