Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
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Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters.
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I was in a group called Wild Orchid and it just wasn't working. I wasn't being myself. What I should have done was say. 'Girls, it's really time for me to go on my own. I need to fulfill this dream of mine to have a solo album.' And I didn't know how to do that. I wanted to please them.
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He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.
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No wonder lawyers, who control the legal system, have fought so hard, and with great success, against 'no fault' insurance. No fault, no lawsuits. No lawsuits, no lunch.
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La pena humana, durmiendo, no tiene forma. Si la despiertan, toma la forma de quien la despierta,
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I don't carry sai blades for the sake of it in my personal life. I had to learn how to manipulate the sais. It was very tricky, because it's a weird shape. It's like a big fork. There's a lot of ways that you can use them, but it's not like a sword.
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When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, 'You have to play it like this,' or I tell the drummer, 'It's got to be like this.'
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I don't think there have been many alien movies where the actors have actually seen the aliens.
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I was a poor kid, and my mom was a single mother of three.
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I have met Mariah before and she's really cool and so funny. Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and maybe it is her doing. But you have to remember that celebrities are always in the spotlight and are sometimes forced to conduct themselves in a different way than they normally do. That's how it is in the business. I have met artists who are real divas, but Mariah Carey is not one of them. She is a very sweet person, and what nobody sees off camera is the real person she is on the inside.
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There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings.
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Thought is fugitive; the mind does not repeat itself; if you do not catch the whisperings of the oracle as they come to you, they are lost forever. You must-and this is absolutely essential-convince yourselves that what is offered you this very moment will never be offered again.
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Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand.
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Lebanon has not, and will never become a passage for conspiracy against Syria.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Hope never abandons you, you abandon it.
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While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
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How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?
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Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy.
