Francesco Guicciardini Quotes
Experience has always shown, and reason also, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.
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Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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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 want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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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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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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42% of our management team are women. So we've reset the goal to 50% by 2017. Because that's when Westpac becomes 200 years old as an institution - the oldest bank, and indeed the oldest company in Australia. So that's a lovely point to reflect on.
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Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you're doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.
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Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got the chance to do.
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The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.
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Sticking to it is the genius.
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Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
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Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was presented as an argument is really a rationalization. This can undermine our confidence in the original method or practice only by giving us reasons to believe something else, so that finally we have to think about the arguments to make up our minds.
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Experience has always shown, and reason also, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.
