Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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I'm relieved that after all these years of doing atrocity work, I still cry my eyes out every time I read the paper in the morning. It's surprising, actually.
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I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.
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Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is because I couldn't have my family there - the family had to stay in town. I just wasn't willing to do that.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
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My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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I know I always had a lot of energy growing up and I had to put it somewhere. Theater allowed me to really feel things, to laugh, to cry, to explode outward. I could do anything and it was totally accepted and appreciated. If I hadn't gone into the theater, I probably would have been a psychotic killer.
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What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of dangers.
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I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.
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The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death; and an instantaneous death occurring by 'accident' in the midst of prosperity would not suffice for it. It is, in fact, essentially a tale of suffering and calamity conducting to death.
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The atmosphere of Venus consists of ammonia, sulfur, and nitric oxide. Man must have lived there once.
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Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.
