Nikolai Gogol Quotes

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

Nikolai Gogol

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• Respect
• Thank God

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• Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.

  

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• The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.

  

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• The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.

  

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• In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.

  

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• When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

  

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• People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.

  

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• I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.

  

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• We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

  

  Nikolai Gogol
  • Man
  • Respect
  • Thank God