Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.
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In my life, there have been a lot of people who weren't there for me, so to now have people counting on me is awesome.
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As women gain weight, they start judging themselves. But who cares! Embrace what you have. Say, 'Belly, you might be poking out today, but I'm going to choose to love you and nurture you.'
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I try to sit still for about 15 minutes each morning without making lists or running in overdrive.
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Only one music comes out of me.
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The Bush administration actually started out with an open mind towards Iran, by all indications. In fact, early in the administration, the White House tasked the various agencies of government to do an inter-agency review of Iran policy, as it did with Iraq policy and most of the big areas of the world.
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Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.
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That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
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I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together.
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I may have had some banal roles, but they were never embarrassing.
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People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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You're saying that our souls and the stars and the wings of a butterfly are all somehow connected?
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Being kind is more important than being right.
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What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.
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Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.
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The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.
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Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.
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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
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When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.
