Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things..... Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend him sluggishly so that the innovator and his party alike are vulnerable.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!
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I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.
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It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.
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I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. For it's precisely the pursuit of ideological purity, the rigid orthodoxy and the sheer predictability of our current political debate, that keeps us from finding new ways to meet the challenges we face.
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For reasons I don't fully understand, tragic love has a certain appeal.
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The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
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As any parent knows, part of your mind is always engaged - wondering and worrying that everything is okay and calculating all the stuff that has to get done in the course of a day. When the children are asleep in their beds, I can go where I really need to go in my head.
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There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things..... Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend him sluggishly so that the innovator and his party alike are vulnerable.
