Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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Culture follows power.
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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.
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I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.
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I am a daddy's girl at heart, even though I'm in my 30s.
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The world is changing very profoundly.
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My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'
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… there are people in this administration who say they don't care if the UN sinks under the East river, and other crude things…
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I would, in a sense, certainly assist the Amir of Afghanistan if he waged war against the British Government. That is to say, I would openly tell my countrymen that it would be a crime to help a government which had lost the confidence of the nation to remain in power.
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Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.
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My mother came to a Smashing Pumpkins gig once, and I was wearing a dress. She was very upset. She said, 'Everyone's gonna think you're a fag.' I said,'Well, they already think I'm an asshole.'
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I did enjoy Nashville a lot of the time, because I made really good friends who were really good songwriters, and they would be a joy to hang out with.
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I eat meat, the rarer the better.
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When I was 16 or 17, anyone could have had me if they sang the right song and recruited me in the right way. Which is why I've always had a sneaking understanding for people who took the wrong route. That doesn't mean to say I took it or even contemplated it myself.
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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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I've only seen a handful of short clips of my U.S. Open win. I remember how I did it; I don't need to watch a video.
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I didn't just want to do something that looks good, but get a product that lasts too.
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Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.
