Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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Let us have peace.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.
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I still giggle when someone asks for my address and I say, 'Hollywood, Los Angeles.'
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Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.
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All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.
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Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.
