Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the name of miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule.
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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
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The whole Baja California peninsula is an energetic place, and it's incredibly alive.
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Social media is not the place to work out your problems with people.
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I'm the first person in my family to play poker.
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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
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I mused upon the ironic fate which had compelled a mathematical genius to make his sole confidant of a philistine lawyer, and induced that lawyer to repeat it confusedly to an ignoramus at twilight on a Scotch hill.
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We are all in Christs energy. We are all in the divine plan. We are all on the sacred journey, if you want to put it into some very spiritual words. And I like to sing about it, so thats what I do.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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I remember as a child going around with "Votes For Women" balloons. I learnt early what it is to be snubbed for a good cause.
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The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.
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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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When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.
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Exactly. They're stupid. Who cares?" "I care. They bother me. And that's why I'm stupid. That makes me exponentially more stupid than stupid. I'm stupid to the power of stupid." She waved her hand. The moon blew away. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.
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What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.
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Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.
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If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.
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You think I'm deranged! How refreshing. Everyone here takes me so seriously, it's a wonderful change to be thought mentally deficient.
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I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.
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In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.
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Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the name of miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule.
