Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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One thing you know, if you've been in technology a while, you're only as good as the last thing you did. No one wants an original iPod. No one wants an iPhone 3GS.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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Comics seem to be cooking these days. It's like being a rock star.
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My husband is a martial artist, and he thinks it's hilarious that I have a stage-fighting-proficiency certificate. He thinks that's ridiculous. Can't say I've used it much.
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On my wall, along with my favorite football players and baseball players, I had Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier. These were childhood idols.
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I think part of growing up is not actually finding a fixed idea of who you are, but rather being like, "Oh, wait. I'm different all the time. I'm going to change every second and grow and be fluid." And that's okay.
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Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!
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Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.
