Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
Madeleine L'Engle
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I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
Caitlyn Jenner
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A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.
Gary Hamel
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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
Ramana Maharshi
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The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
Victor Garber
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Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give?
Orison Swett Marden
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The bowlers I respected or feared or rated were not the ones who gave me lip or stared at me or abused me. More the ones who, at any stage of the game, when had they had the ball in hand, they were going to be at me, and they were going to have the skill and the fitness and the ability to be aggressive.
Rahul Dravid
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I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters' audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.
Nate Mendel
Foo Fighters
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, like other countries in the region, rejects the acquisition of nuclear weapons by anyone, especially nuclear weapons in the Middle East region. We hope that such weapons will be banned or eliminated from the region by every country in the region.
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
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In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
Mao Zedong
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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.
Walter Bagehot
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If there are no consequences now for breaking the prohibition on chemical weapons, it will be harder to muster an international consensus to ensure that Hezbollah and other terrorist groups are prevented from acquiring or using these weapons themselves.
Samantha Power
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We had one similar experience with 9/11. That was a matter of hours, but it was more intense, obviously.
Craig Newmark
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I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. "Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This," I said. And then I kissed him.
Sarah Dessen
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
Wendell Berry
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This is New York, and there's no law against being annoying.
William Kunstler
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Ability and perseverance are the weapons of weakness.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
