Howard Staunton Quotes

Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns.

Howard Staunton

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MenStandBattleYouPartyWill

When the cause is just, and there's been injustice, then it's easy to kind of galvanize your emotions and confront a guy.

Jesse Watters

EasyInjusticeEmotionsKindGuy

You play a hologram on 'Star Trek,' and you have to spew line after line. I spoke in paragraphs on 'Star Trek.'

Robert Picardo

YouPlayLineStarAfterTrek

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Amy Klobuchar

PeopleYouFindPlaceDoneTalk

Traditionally in capitalism, when you have more cash, you can fund more activity, which produces more jobs and creates more wealth. That's basic economic theory.

John Ralston Saul

CapitalismYouWealthMoreCash

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Amy Chua

LifeWorkLoveSuccessGreatChild

I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks.

Sophia Amoruso

BusinessPainSchoolRisksPeople

Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference does it make whether women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same.'

Stacy Schiff

WomenInfluenceLongResultSame

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

Sonia Sotomayor

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I was a very religious kid. I was raised as an Episcopalian.

Steven Seagal

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I'm the last person who would end up doing something that needs meticulous compilation of facts. It's totally against my character. I live by impulse. I'm totally ill-suited to writing history books.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LiveCharacterHistoryWritingEnd

I can only think of about four players who I do not have anywhere from a good to a great relationship with.

Tony La Russa

GoodRelationshipGreatThinkI Can

I really just like to be at a desk.

Tom Stoppard

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