Anton Chekhov Quotes

Good breeding doesn't mean that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice when someone else does.

Anton Chekhov

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• I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
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• It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.

  

  Samantha Fox
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• When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.

  

  Dan Quinn
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• I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

  

  Jack Irons Pearl Jam
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• I was unbelievably lucky.

  

  Wendy Hiller
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• I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.

  

  A. Philip Randolph
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• I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.

  

  Damon Hill
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• Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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• We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.

  

  Kate Brown
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• My favorite animal is steak.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
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• I'm a natural blonde!

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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• My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
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• I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.

  

  Malin Akerman
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• For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.

  

  Felix Dennis
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• I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
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• Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

  

  Mara Liasson
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• I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.

  

  Sam Jaeger
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• I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I'm more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you're 20 minutes early, that means you're too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies' room, have some water, and get comfortable.

  

  Krysten Ritter
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• I won't let any of my friends become a fan. To me, you're either a friend or you're a fan. That doesn't mean my friends can't support me, because they all do, but they can't treat me differently than they would treat someone else. None of my friends are in awe of me.

  

  Jeremy Lin
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• The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

  

  Pierre de Coubertin
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• I love to get on the road, but I also think arriving is such a thrill. Turning up at the train station in Mumbai, for example, to see people hanging off all the wonderful old carriages. It's extraordinary - everyone sitting with their chickens on their laps, moving forward but not going anywhere fast.

  

  Anouska Hempel
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• People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation.

  

  Tahereh Mafi
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• Good breeding doesn't mean that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice when someone else does.

  

  Anton Chekhov
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