Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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I'm younger than Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, but I'm still getting up there in age.
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We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.
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The fact that I'm very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It's nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
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I started a big part of my career in Vegas.
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Our little Spaceship Earth is only eight thousand miles in diameter, which is almost a negligible dimension in the great vastness of space.... Spaceship Earth was so extraordinarily well invented and designed that to our knowledge humans have been on board it for two million years not even knowing that they were on board a ship.
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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.
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My experience - I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for something, but I've never had an experience that made me feel any less than.
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...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
