Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
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I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.
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Anybody can leap off a building.
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It's very alarming to see what's happening in the Muslim world. And it's about time we come to our senses and realize that moderation is the only path that will ensure peace and stability for the Muslim world, and for the wider world.
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And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson, and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!
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When I was young my heart was young then, too. And anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do.
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What would a Roberts court mean to thousands of girls who now have access to scholarships? ... Is he going to close the door? I'm not sure. That's why I come back to these nagging doubts.
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Late-day trading is like being permitted to bet on yesterday's horse races, ... You already know who's going to win.
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I think she is confused by the way I want her, which is like nobody else. I know this deep down. I want her in a new way, a way she's never been told about.
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I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.
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It's not like it would be a stretch, and hopefully I'll get to be funny. There are a lot of characters in skating.
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It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about.
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The public always picks quality.
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Shaw presumes that his friend Stalin has everything under control. Well, Stalin may have made special arrangements to see that Shaw comes to no harm, but the rest of us in Western Europe do not feel quite so sure of our fate, especially those of us who do not share Shaw's curious admiration for dictators.
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If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.
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I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice for which vulgar is not even close to the word. Yes, I like Schumann's Carnaval, but I'm damned if I know why anybody thinks the paintings of Paul Klee profit from being viewed with Carnaval playing in the background.
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The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.
