Francesco Guicciardini Quotes
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
Francesco Guicciardini
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I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
Olivia Colman
We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
Dan Pink
People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
Yelawolf
The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
Ian Mckellen
I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
Abbi Jacobson
I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't.
LaToya Jackson
Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
Rami Malek
I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
Karen Elson
Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von Bismarck
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
Natalie Massenet
I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
Val McDermid
There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.
Gary Neville