Anton Chekhov Quotes
Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.Anton Chekhov
Quotes to Explore
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
Yehudi Menuhin -
With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
Barack Obama -
I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
Gabrielle Union -
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde -
I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
Tamara Mellon -
I like going to Japan where they treat it like a real sport. I like doing the entertainment stuff with the WWE. I really like doing the small venue stuff, like Ring of Honor, because everything is so intimate. There's different feelings and different experiences, and you have to be good at different things to do all of that.
Daniel Bryan
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
Sally Kirkland -
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
Edith Wharton -
My family and friends treat me as they always have.
Daniel Craig -
Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
Ed Helms -
Stay calm and aggressive.
Gabrielle Reece
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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
Eckhart Tolle -
I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that.
Zoe Foster Blake -
I always try to write the best I can.
S. E. Hinton -
I thank my dad for leaving me such a wonderful, wonderful heritage.
Natalie Cole -
I think for me, personally, I'm a guy who has watched ESPN ever since I've been growing up. You turn it on, and it's one of the first stories - the Blackhawks and hockey, which you don't really see on that station. That's cool to see.
Patrick Kane -
I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
Dan Maffei
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I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.
Carl Sandburg -
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is reserved the honor of leveling the popery of politics. They opened the Bible to all, and maintained the capacity of every man to judge for himself in religion.
Samuel Adams -
: And it goes against the grain of building small tools.Innocent, Your Honor. Perl users build small tools all day long.
Larry Wall -
I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.
Ryan Sheckler -
Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly throughout the world; the colder regions of the world will be more affected by the benefits, and the hotter regions by the costs.
Nigel Lawson -
Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.
Anton Chekhov