Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
Patrick Lencioni
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
Ted Cruz
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
Isaac Asimov
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Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.
Karen Bender
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
Rachel Bilson
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
Malcolm Turnbull
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
Olivia Wilde
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
Laini Taylor
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
R. J. Cutler
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
Tamsin Greig
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
Dana Perino
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
Kate Adie
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
I. King Jordan
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
Ilya Ilyin
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
Zhang Ziyi
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
Manmohan Singh
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
Danai Gurira
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
Gavin Rossdale Bush
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The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women.
Melanie Mayron
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Sometimes you got to put somebody in their place, let them know that you mean business and you're a grown ass man.
J. B. Smoove
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Bullies always have another target.
Karen Handel
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I love playing the guitar.
Chang Chen-yue
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The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up … then down … then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant to derisive. It’s a tired reading style. I’m sick of it. It attaches more importance to the words than the words themselves—as they’ve been arranged—could possibly sustain, and it gives poets and poetry a bad name.
Gabrielle Hamilton
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Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli