Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
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All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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The economy is so bad, I saw Matthew McConaughey talking to himself in a Kia! THAT'S how bad it is!
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We drink our morning coffee with a drop of fear.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
