Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.
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I write in a small office at home.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
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You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
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I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.
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The way you were born is the way you were born. Nothing can change it. I've got a deep voice. I know. I might look tough, but what are you going to do? Do you think you can change it? No.
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You don't want to look back and have any regrets because things are too hard.
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You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.
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I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.
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They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.
