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What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants… — Aaron Siskind
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this:… — Walker Evans
I'd like to have seen Tony Morley left on as a down-and-out winger. — Jimmy Armfield
The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet. — Jamie Redknapp
Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1. — Ron Atkinson
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca
Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the… — Yasser Seirawan
When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!' — Mikhail Tal
Gaddafi's a great bloke. The media only show the bad things. I used to go round his house. His son's a super simple guy. All… — Luis de Agustini
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's… — Jimmy Carter
There was a seminar for advanced students in ZÃ¼rich that I was teaching and von Neumann was in the class. I came to a certain… — George Polya
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. The shallow-minded modern who has… — Aldo Leopold
To go faster you must slow down. — John Brunner
We are all afraid. That's the thing that unites all truly successful people: fear, fear of failing, fear of criticism, fear of letting down the… — Peggy Noonan
There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure. — Andre Previn
Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make myself comfortable -… — Artur Schnabel
He that is down needs fear no fall. — John Bunyan
Do you remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine from Homer on… — James A. McDougall
Keep an idea log where you write everything down, even the bad ideas. — Joshua Schachter
Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is "beware". This is… — Eric Idle

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