Anton Chekhov Quotes
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
Quotes to Explore
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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With the right kind of financing, I think we can grow by 100 percent per year.
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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
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Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.
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There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.
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The best version of surfing is not competing, I think. It's just... it's perfect. You're perfectly present. You're perfectly in the moment. You're perfectly not thinking about anything else in the world. You're just surfing. You're surfing away with your friends or your family, and that's it. You're just there.
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Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.
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I like a semi-stressful massage - one where I can really feel something being worked out.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
