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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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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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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Coconut is one of those love-hate ingredients.
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For someone in an alternative job, an alternative lifestyle, it's very hard to explain what I do. So I sometimes try and dumb it down as much as possible, so I'm changing what I do every time! So sometimes I'm in an Uber, and they ask, 'So what do you do?' and I say, 'I'm a comedian,' or, 'I'm a graphic designer.'
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
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Fatigue is your friend. Through exhaustion and through people just being so depleted, the stuff around the nerve endings gets worn away and other things begin to emerge and you take way bigger risks.
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Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.
