Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.
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A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up with something favorable to the author's position, the author will cite that same agency as credible support for his argument.
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I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly.
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I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
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Don't assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Go after the dark matter, in whatever field you choose to explore.
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I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.
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When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.
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A strong and enthusiastic niche audience can push a topic into mainstream consciousness with speed and force.
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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
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If you're having a very high-adrenaline, high-movement experience in virtual reality, and then all of a sudden you're back in your office, that disconnect is pretty notable. Whereas if you're using it for virtual reality teleconferencing... there's really no kind of impact moving back and forth between the real and the virtual world.
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I want to do things that terrify me, unless they're going to kill me.
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People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it.
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I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
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Their own strength has betrayed them. They have...pulled down Deep Heaven on their heads.
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'You don’t seem the superstitious type.''I’m not,' Ben said. 'I’m careful. There’s a difference.'
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Ya'll are Eminem backwards, you're mini-mes
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My number 1 priority is common sense, because we don't see a lot of that in the state capitol.
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There have been many most excellent poets that never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets.
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I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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People are going to keep making stuff. Things are going to be spin-offs.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
