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!
Quotes to Explore
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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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I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.
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What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
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Man is what he reads.
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As a child of eight Mr. Trout had once kissed a girl of six under the mistletoe at a Christmas party, but there his sex life had come to abrupt halt.
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TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.
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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!
