"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

Power, First, Taste

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"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

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"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

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"Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties."

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"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."

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"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Influence can be the worst gun nowadays."

Alin Sav, Romanian Author

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"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

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"The power to investigate is a great public trust."

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"Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

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"Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali."

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"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

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"I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."

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