Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless.Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
Queen Latifah -
My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
Paloma Faith -
'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.
Zachary Knighton -
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
A. R. Ammons -
There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
Patricia Riggen -
I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
Tamala Jones
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Indira Gandhi -
I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
Lady Gaga -
In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
Zach Woodlee -
My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.
Tamsin Egerton -
I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
Barbara Kruger -
We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
Yo-Yo Ma
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Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
Victor Garber -
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
B. C. Forbes -
I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.
Majora Carter -
As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.'
Parker Palmer -
For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.
Gay Talese -
My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
Patricia McCormick
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Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner -
Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
Paracelsus -
A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
George Eliot -
Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli