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First Quotes by Anton Chekhov
- If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
- If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put…
- If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must…
- My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that…
- And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.
- A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
- we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you,…
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