"In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning."

Power, Learning

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"In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning."

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"We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself."

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"Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore."

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"There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you."

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"Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth."

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"Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price."

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"The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced. The hyper real."

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"A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy."

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"There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart."

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"Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other."

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"The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin."

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"You have immense strength for every good work."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I am the creator of my destiny."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"The fire is a flame."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Fire, Spirit, Energy

"When push to the wall. You have to develop strategies to scale over the wall."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Three things will make you more powerful: the power of your non-judgmental love, your ability to forgive the unforgivable, and a heart that cares."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"They have influence, but no power." "In my experience, influence is power."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"Positive life, positive action."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Power, Existence, Humility, Universe

"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Power, Control, Fear, Desire

"As a human being, we have unlimited power and unlimited abilities, we just have to look for it."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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