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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#age #around #feel #get #people

When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull. ↗

— Junior Seau

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My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background. ↗

— Diane Abbott

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As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. ↗

— Cleveland Amory

#any #anyone #around #been #cat

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. ↗

— Eileen Caddy

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Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time. ↗

— Keri Russell

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I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends. ↗

— Tonya Harding

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I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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