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Quote by Anton Chekhov
I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical

I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. – Anton Chekhov

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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. – Anton Chekhov

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When youre thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean thats faith when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two thats science. – Anton Chekhov

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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God. – Anton Chekhov

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The initial motivation of the experiment which led to this discovery was a subconscious feeling for the inexhaustible wealth of nature, a wealth that goes far beyond the imagination of man. – Bruno Rossi

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I guess something that Ive noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their music. Which is I think quite funny. I think British acts might like to leave more to the imagination – maybe a bit more obscure perhaps – a bit more shy. – Ben Lovett

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Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20s, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to ones imagination. – Pola Negri

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The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him…. He does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wartime Writings 1939-1944, translated from French by

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