Anton Chekhov Quotes, Honesty Quotes, Giving Quotes

A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What would you say if a newspaper reporter, because of his fastidiousness or from a wish to give pleasure to his readers, were to describe only honest mayors, high-minded ladies, and virtuous railroad contractors.

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When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.

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It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

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I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.

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Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization?

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Good reasons must of force give place to better.

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Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.

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I don't watch the nightly newscasts on TV . . . nor do I watch the endless hours of people giving their opinion about things. I don't read the editorial pages; I don't read the columnists. It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion.

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There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

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My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them. They tell me those who were poor early have different views of gold. I don't know how that is. God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him.

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Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.

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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

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her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

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My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.

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The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.

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Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right. Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right.

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Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

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