Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.
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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
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Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.
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The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don't think a great book has yet been written on computer.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.
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All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Even today, I love Van McCann from Catfish and the Bottlemen and Matt Healy from The 1975.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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People always say, and my family has said it to me, that you know who your real friends are when you're at your lowest point and you don't have a job or whatever.
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It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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I had toured so much in the 1960s and 1970s that I wanted a break. I didn't go back touring until 1995.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.
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The world is full of nice people. If you cant find one, be one.
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As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
