We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
Andrea Riseborough
WomanWorldEnjoyYouDressedActor
I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people.
Steve Daines
SonDaySacrificePeopleThinkYou
I think a really rich world to live in is where you're thinking in terms of human behavior and human types and not being super literal. In order to see the deeper truth, you need to break out of literal frame of mind.
Silas Weir Mitchell
LiveTruthMindWorldRichThinking
Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through with each other and as a band.
Tommy Lee
KnowBandWhateverThroughGoneUs
Good arms are overrated.
Mickey Rivers
GoodArmsOverrated
There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief by well-intentioned people.
Mitch Kapor
BestPeopleIdeasResultsWrong
Law is born from despair of human nature.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
NatureLawLegalHuman NatureBorn
Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.
Jorja Smith
GoodMusicHonestyYouCreateWill
I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.
Diane Cilento
HardAlwaysLinesKnewHard Worker
What annoys people is the idea that somebody has everything, and they're allowed to get away with anything. It's the sense of entitlement that gets up people's noses.
Douglas Booth
PeopleEverythingUpAnythingGet
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. Washington
StrengthDownTwoUpPushingWays
An early attempt at education choice was charter schools. These were meant to attract the best and brightest students and provide them a level of education they often could not find in their local school districts. The problem is that, of the thousands of charter schools, many are outright failures.
Bob Beckel
EducationBestSchoolProblemChoice
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