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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I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.
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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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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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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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When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.
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I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. My sound comes from church, but the stories come from actual personal experience, being out there in the streets living life.
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During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned.
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I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.
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I cannot tell you how many times guides have said to me, "Please tell them to stop praying to me. I can't make things happen. I can't protect them from going through challenging experiences. These are experiences their soul has chosen to go through. I'm here to keep them on their path, but I don't want them to give me all this attention or power or focus." Realistically, the guides I work with are really encouraging people to find their inner voice.
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...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
