Anton Chekhov Quotes

'Grigory Petrovitch, let us weep, let us weep with joy!' he said in a thin voice, and then at once burst out laughing in a loud bass guffaw. 'Ho-ho-ho! This is a fine daughter-in-law for you too! Everything is in its place in her; all runs smoothly, no creaking, the mechanism works well, lots of screws in it.'

Anton Chekhov

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• Daughter

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• I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.

  

  LaToya Jackson
  • Rest
  • Appetite
  • Regaining

• Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Strong
  • Wife
  • Leaving

• It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.

  

  Madison Marlow
  • Up
  • Country
  • Song

• By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Excellence
  • Contemplation

• Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • World
  • Work
  • Music

• Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Women
  • Children

• Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Work
  • School
  • Money

• The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.

  

  Carl Bernstein
  • People
  • Real
  • Truth

• As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.

  

  Daniel Akaka
  • Believe
  • America
  • Responsibility

• Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Child
  • Wind
  • Ocean

• You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Thinking
  • Business
  • Creative

• I guess music is very global.

  

  Yuna
  • Music
  • Very
  • Global

• The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.

  

  Karen Maitland
  • Good
  • Power
  • English

• My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Long
  • Important
  • Positive

• I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Up
  • High
  • Want

• Being in love is the best thing in my life.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Life
  • Love
  • Best

• I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • Thought
  • Wrong
  • Back

• The name Jack was given by an American tourist.

  

  Jack Ma
  • American
  • Name
  • Tourist

• Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

  

  James Payn
  • Country
  • School

• Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.'

  

  Eliot Spitzer
  • Country
  • Wall
  • Financial

• Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Joy
  • Smile
  • Tears

• As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

  

  Megan Gallagher
  • School
  • High
  • Drama

• I've always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing-fur thing is glamorous, but you can look good without it.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • People
  • Good
  • Thinking

• 'Grigory Petrovitch, let us weep, let us weep with joy!' he said in a thin voice, and then at once burst out laughing in a loud bass guffaw. 'Ho-ho-ho! This is a fine daughter-in-law for you too! Everything is in its place in her; all runs smoothly, no creaking, the mechanism works well, lots of screws in it.'

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • Law
  • Joy
  • Daughter