Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair -
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
Orison Swett Marden -
I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
Natalie Portman -
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
Karen Kain -
If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
Dan Phillips -
I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
Karen Salmansohn -
Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
Cameron Russell -
The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
Carine Roitfeld -
I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
Naomi Scott -
One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
J. Cole -
In Chicago, they die for their teams.
Zubin Mehta
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John -
I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
Natalie Portman -
A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
Patricia Highsmith -
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
Larry Merchant -
I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
Mackenzie Davis -
As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.
Aaron Rodgers
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In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did - I just wanted to do it.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. -
I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive and I'm living and I'm experiencing different things every day, the show will always change.
Gabriel Iglesias -
Niggas with knowledge are more dangerous than niggas with guns. They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggas dumb
Talib Kweli Black Star -
For the women in California, they're just downtrodden because they're so gorgeous here. Every hot cheerleader comes to California to make it. The men don't want to get married, they're lazy lions. Matthew McConaughey is their poster boy so they can procreate and live on the beach in the trailer and have kids and have money and be hedonistic.
Patti Stanger -
To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli