Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way - show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
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I don't know if my songs fit in films.
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It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play.
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I've been in so many love triangles on TV and in real life.
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For me, writing is a love – hate relationship.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.
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I write my novels personally, desperately and non-negligently. When I write my novels, I think about my novels only, and never do other works.
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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.
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I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.
