William Ewart Napier Quotes

The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation.

William Ewart Napier

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• I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.

  

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• My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

  

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• Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

  

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• I never thought I was funny. I don't THINK funny.

  

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• The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation.

  

  William Ewart Napier
  • Moving
  • Responsible
  • Investment