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Great Quotes by Anton Chekhov
- Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasureEither I…
- I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man. I long to speak, to read, to wield…
- It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The…
- Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and…
- Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
- My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things,…
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- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
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