Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
In order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions but then even she leaves the other half, or almost, under our control.
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
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For exercise, I now run with my chocolate Lab puppy, Oscar.
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Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.
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Anyone can be a genius, if they pick just one specific subject and study it diligently just 15 minutes each day.
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Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do.
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You in America should trust to that volcanic political instinct which I have divined in you.
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In order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions but then even she leaves the other half, or almost, under our control.
