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.
Imelda Marcos -
If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
Ace Frehley Kiss -
Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters.
Gary Bettman -
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.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.
Howard Jacobson -
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.
Andrew Tobias
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La pena humana, durmiendo, no tiene forma. Si la despiertan, toma la forma de quien la despierta,
Antonio Porchia -
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.
Elodie Yung -
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.'
David Foster -
I don't think there have been many alien movies where the actors have actually seen the aliens.
Joel Kinnaman -
I was a poor kid, and my mom was a single mother of three.
Kelly Clarkson -
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.
Janet Jackson
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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.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
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.
Jean Guitton -
Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand.
Kamala Markandaya -
People are paying no attention to the best act of worship: Humility.
Aisha -
But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.
Angela Davis -
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are!
William Shakespeare
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
Paddy Ashdown -
Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli