Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Great
  • Home
  • Responsibility

• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Comedy
  • Serious
  • Too

• Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • You
  • Ask
  • Teammates

• Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Attitude
  • Excellence
  • Skill

• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Create
  • Go

• People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • People
  • Hate
  • Team

• I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Up
  • Time
  • House

• Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

  

  Taslima Nasrin
  • Always
  • Religious
  • Books

• Friends are not made, but recognized.

  

  Carl Rakosi
  • Friends
  • Made
  • Recognized

• I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • Mind
  • Justice
  • Star

• Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Family
  • Freedom
  • Liberty

• If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Life
  • Beauty
  • Sad

• Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Single

• Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.

  

  Beck
  • Time
  • Sometimes
  • Lyrics

• Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Today
  • Nuclear Weapons

• I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Moment
  • Emotion
  • Piano

• Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Life
  • Work
  • Movie

• One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?'

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Words
  • Sweet
  • Finish

• I avoid social networks and I try to live a very normal, simple life. I love spending time and hang out with my friends any time I can. I like a very simple life.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• My advice is: 1. Be judicious in the use of military force. 2. When military force is required, use overwhelming force. 3. Do not micromanage military leaders. 4. Ensure your battle plans will win the conflict and win the peace.

  

  Steve Stivers
  • Peace
  • Military
  • Advice

• You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or Creole spice. Just watch out for the sodium content. That why I encourage you to make your own.

  

  Emeril Lagasse
  • Why
  • Together

• The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Peace
  • Prosper
  • Peasant