Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
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It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act.
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As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.
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The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
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Sustaining an audience with a web series is an impossible task.
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Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.
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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
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Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with gold while the people are starving. But what elitists don't get is that for poor people, the church is their own mansion. Nightclubs fill the same function.
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I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.
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Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.
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Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.
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I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.
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My dream is to go spend a week on some island with no phone.
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A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
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The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.
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With the beginning of a great & compassionate love, comes the growth of one's heart, and with that, a profound inner change. The way to opening the mind is often first through the heart. And once is the mind & heart are open, so many things become possible.
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Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.
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Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state.
