Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
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By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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For me, to do a reality show is like sending myself to actor's graveyard. I feel like I should wait and create my own projects... do independent movies before I would have to go and do reality shows. Or produce one and come up with one on my own!
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted.
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A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom.
