Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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I don't believe in regret.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'
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Never regret what you don't write.
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I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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My life was really focused on futbol, but as those things happen in life, my passion for music won over my passion for futbol. But I love what I do. I don't regret it.
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Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.
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The JOBS Act will allow entrepreneurs to utilize 'crowdfunding,' which permits them to raise equity capital from a large pool of small investors.
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Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression.
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I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.
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There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?
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Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.
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I am my best enemy.
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That education should be regulated by law and should be an affair of state is not to be denied, but what should be the character of this public education, and how young persons should be educated, are questions which remain to be considered. As things are, there is disagreement about the subjects. For mankind are by no means agreed about the things to be taught, whether we look to virtue or the best life. Neither is it clear whether education is more concerned with intellectual or with moral virtue.
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Hope is for people who wait. And I don't want to wait no more. I'm not scared anymore. I'm not scared of myself. Of my things. Of my fear. Of absolutely nothing. And that's music.
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It is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.