Anton Chekhov Quotes
The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism!
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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If I see somebody dancing really well, it can make me want to dance. Or it could be the music. But perhaps the thing I miss the most is that when you're dancing, everyday concerns vanish. It's a unique world.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.
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For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe and human behavior. Such an adventure leads one down many highways, through many byroads, into many back alleys of uncertainty, through many strata of life...
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At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you can color it in that personality.
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I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.
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The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism!
