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William James

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."

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"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

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"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

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"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

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"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

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"...without money you cannot fight money."

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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."

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"When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost."

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"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

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"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

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