#cause

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#among #being #caused #contemptible #disarmed

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#autumn #because #cousins #day #easter

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#australians #because #communicate #culture #effectively

It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#because #however #human #may #seem

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us. ↗

— Macklemore

#because #crumbling #front #labels #major

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell. ↗

— Macklemore

#going #i #i think #like #make

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#because #been #done #fame #fun

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public. ↗

— Andrea Mackris

#focus #go #i #intent #mean

Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood. ↗

— William H. Macy

#became #because #childhood #good #good childhood

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

#acted #actor #because #best #bogart