"To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile."

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"To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile."

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"The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power."

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"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

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"Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication."

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