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 am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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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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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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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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Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out of myself.
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She was leaving the world as woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Mariam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad.
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Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books - but I'm not, so I draw cartoons!
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Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.
