Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.
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I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.
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It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.
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I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.
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I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
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With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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I never was a popular kid in class.
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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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I've never liked rehearsing too much.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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I'm never bored.
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I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', there were bits in there where I was going, 'God, I would love to do that because it's so good'.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
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A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.
