Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
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And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
Ed Miliband
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Dag Hammarskjold
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One is that we stand - my two confreres and I - in some degree as representatives of a great number of fellow workers over the entire world, who are enthusiastically active in this field of ours.
Haldan Keffer Hartline
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Napoleon Hill
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
Hanna Rosin
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One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.
Dalai Lama
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
Kate Thompson
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
Laura Hillenbrand
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
Frances Beinecke
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
Kate Christensen
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
Kat Dahlia
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I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.
J. Cole
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
Larry Flynt
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
Nancy Sinatra
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I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.
Samantha Mumba
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From caring comes courage.
Lao Tzu
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
Zubin Mehta
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
Barney Ross
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Grandpa, I didn't know you had it in you!
Hamlin Garland
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My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all true." At the same time, I could have written much more about us, but I didn't want to go any further. I did cut things out. There are certain things that I wrote about her that are so gushing with praise and admiration that when I looked at those passages I realised they would be ridiculous to anybody else.
Paul Auster
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The person who makes all cares into one care the care for simply staying present will be cared for by that presence which is creative love.
Kabir Helminski
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Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent. For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Atman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.
Walpola Rahula
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A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli