Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up.
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I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
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There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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People are idiots. Including me. Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with the low SAT scores. The only difference is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.
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There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things.
