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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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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I don't pick up my work at all. If it's something that's still in progress and I have the chance to make some edits on the material or think about the order, little things like that, I'll keep those stories at hand and go through them. But once it exists as the book, it's locked away in a vault, and I kind of put it behind me.
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I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.
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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".
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The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe.
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For seventeen months I have cried aloud calling you back to your lair. I hurled myself at the hangman's foot. You are my son, changed into nightmare. Confusion occupies the world, and I am powerless to tell somebody brute from something human, or on what day the word spells, 'Kill!'
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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.
