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  • "Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his too-short life, "for how many years I shall be read? Seven." "Why seven?" Bunin asked. "Well," Chekhov answered, "seven and a half then."
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Life Quotes , Years Quotes
  • I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al Capone Quotes , Horse Quotes , Years Quotes
  • We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Kids Quotes , Years Quotes
  • In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adele Quotes , Self Esteem Quotes , Years Quotes
  • It looks like it’s wasting time, but literature is actually the ultimate time-saver - because it gives us access to a range of emotions and events that it would take you years, decades, millennia to try to experience directly. Literature is the greatest reality simulator - a machine that puts you through infinitely more situations than you can ever directly witness.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Reality Quotes , Years Quotes