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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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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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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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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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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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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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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Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
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Let me make a short, opening, blanket comment. There are no 'good guns'. There are no 'bad guns'. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody - except bad people.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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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!
