Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.
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I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I come from nothing, and growing up, I really didn't have many people to inspire me, at least no good people to inspire me.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.
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In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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I have not seen 'Vaalu' yet, but I am sure it will be good.
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CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people.
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It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
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In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
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My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
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Voting for Romney after the train wreck of that was the eight years of W. Bush is like losing your pay check playing a rigged game of three-card monte and then playing the same game again a week later 'cause the cards are a different color.
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I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I dispute the idea that we turn into our parents. These children who have come into my life are unique beings. I don't think I am teaching my children anything, frankly. I think they are teaching me.
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For me, I feel like reality TV is anything but these days.
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Whenever I act well, my head clears. Always a bit frail I was personally, but never professionally.
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A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.
