Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
MAXIM GORKYTalent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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What I’d like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: “Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.
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It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes.
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In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible — such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets?
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When one loves somebody, everything is clear – where to go, what to do – it all takes care of itself and one doesn’t have to ask anybody about anything.
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When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.
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