Howard Staunton Quotes

It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.

Howard Staunton

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But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.

Melinda Gates

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The reality is, because of access to film, you don't have a lot of black people who want to go behind the camera. We raise our children to want to be in front of the camera and shine, and that's on us.

Michael Ealy

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What we need in America is a renaissance. We need to go forward by going backward.

Stanley Crouch

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My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There were rules, but there was also flexibility within those rules. He didn't push me when it came to golf: he just taught me the right way to play the game.

Tom Watson

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I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

Robin Trower

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I also got a chance to go to the American Museum in New York, which helped my interest.

Robert T. Bakker

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The first and most common reason for not being a fluent reader is that the child does not yet know how to decode very well yet. They lack automatic decoding skills, and this prevents them from being able to read accurately, much less smoothly and quickly. Decoding accuracy is the first prerequisite to fluency.

Maryanne Wolf

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Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.

Joshua Roman

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The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate in that?'

Diane Lane

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I think it is important to remember that there are so many different ways to be sisters.

Deborah Tannen

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A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.

Brendan Iribe

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I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.

Brooke Shields

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