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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At the end of a long campaign, I believe I know the people of our state as well as anyone. Based on this knowledge of Georgians North and South, Rural and Urban, liberal and conservative, I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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I cannot state enough how important post-production is for the success of a horror movie. You bring so much to it with the way you edit it, the way it is sound-designed, and the way the music works with it.
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The aim of the Constitutional Treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this treaty is to be unreadable ... The Constitution aimed to be clear, whereas this Treaty had to be unclear. It is a success.
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No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.
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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.
