Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
MAXIM GORKYSilence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
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Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?
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There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.
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Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book.
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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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Jail doesn’t teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!
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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that’s all there is to it.
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
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