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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My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
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Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all.
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When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.
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Let’s not talk about how I am. It’s a subject I know too much about to want to think about anymore.
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She didn't even finish her last sentence; it just trailed off. I think the subject had changed in her head while her mouth had continued on the old topic, not realizing it was out of supplies.
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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.
