Anton Chekhov Quotes
Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
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I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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If you're comfortable with yourself, then you'll look beautiful. If you're not feeling comfortable with yourself, than that kind of shows. I think that as cheesy as the pageant industry can be seen at times, it actually does help women - boosting their confidence and growing into their own. I have to give it credit for that.
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Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.
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Many businesses oppose any government mandates, even if they are already following them.
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John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
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I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
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The Republican Party - that was the end of the Republican Party. What Pete Wilson did with the xenophobia and the negative attitude, all this sort of anti-crime backlash.
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In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief.
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I cannot judge my work while I am doing it. I have to do as painters do, stand back and view it from a distance, but not too great a distance. How great? Guess.
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The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
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My favorite show is 'Parks and Recreation.'
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
