Anton Chekhov Quotes
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I know what poverty is.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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They don't patronize me for being a woman. Nobody puts me down.
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A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.
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I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people.
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Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
