Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.
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If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.
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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
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Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I write. I'm very focused on the logical progression of the story, and every character has a role to play.
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"I think you have to be ready to quit within yourself. If you're not, it doesn't matter what rehab you go to."
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A lot of times when people meet me, theyll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, Its all taken care of. Teenagers are such a discerning group of people. Theyll immediately sniff out anything that feels contrived. Im, like, constantly scanning myself to see if Im some corporate executive version of a teenager. Ive developed something of a fearsome reputation. People know that if you talk down to me, I will roll my eyes or whatever.
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My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].
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Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.
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To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.
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Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
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I want to be able to look my daughter’s teacher in the eye and say, ‘Your pension will be there.’ I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep
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I don't know if you've been in any inner-city schools, but it's pretty demoralizing. The kids come to class bright-eyed, enthusiastic - entering first grade really looking forward to school. By the fourth grade they're just completely turned off, and by the time they enter high school, they see little relationship between school and employment. It's bad enough you have incompetent teachers and schools that are poorly run, understaffed, and lack material resources. It's even worse when the kids themselves don't feel they have any stake in school.
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It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
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Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.
