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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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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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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Laws don't really restrain people. Ninety-eight percent of people follow a virtuous course with or without laws.
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I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.
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Every 20 minutes you've got to have a bump, you've got to have a change in course, you've got to unsettle the audience. It can't be too predictable so something has to happen. I think that was something that Hitchcock did very well too. You couldn't let an audience feel too settled in.
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To use color well is as difficult as for a fish to pass from water to air or earth.
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A lot of jobs don't allow you to be who you are. There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.
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There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things.
