Position Quotes

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The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who… — Robert Graves
To be rapeable, a position that is social, not biological, defines what a woman is. — Andrea Dworkin
I am so honoured to have been given this opportunity to become an Ambassador. It's a new and different venture for me and one that… — Ewan McGregor
If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the… — Sun Tzu
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder… — Jefferson Davis
I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up. — Pete du Pont
Reince has produced a fully funded, superbly staffed and technologically advanced strategy to position the GOP to win in '14 and '16, and he has… — Hugh Hewitt
These days it's hard to meet women. Feel like my love life is finished. I been avoiding commitment. That's why I'm in this position. — Drake
To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position of a camera alters the… — Joan Didion
There's still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly see… — Eudora Welty
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and other… — Max Euwe
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear… — Garry Kasparov
He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious… — Max Euwe
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness… — Alexander Kotov
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really… — Siegbert Tarrasch
We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to… — Margaret Bourke-White
They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around. — Terry Venables
Chris Waddle is off the pitch at the moment - exactly the position he is at his most menacing. — Gerald Sinstadt
We were in an awkward position against Yugoslavia in that in order to win we needed to score more goals than they did. — Jose Antonio Camacho

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