Anton Chekhov Quotes
You ask 'What is life?' That is the same as asking 'What is a carrot?' A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: 'Paint me just as I am.' Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.
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In response I am sending you some pictures which I painted in Paris out of homesickness for Russia. They are not very typical of me; I have selected the most modest ones for the Russian exhibition.
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Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.
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To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
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People die from typewriters falling on their heads.
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You ask 'What is life?' That is the same as asking 'What is a carrot?' A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.
