Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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In effect, you cannot stop Iraq from growing nasty bugs in the basement. You can stop them from putting operational warheads on working missiles and launching them at their neighbors.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative.
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
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The thing that happened in Ferguson touched many of us in a specific way.
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The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.
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I wanted to get into films, and my parents were against it. I convinced my mom, and finally she convinced my dad. My dad then felt, who best to launch his son than him? So he launched me, and here I am.
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A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
