"Absolute power demoralizes."

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Lord Acton

#Absolute Power Quotes

“Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses sheâ€™d found on Mr. Mercerâ€™s bedside table. If it worked for Clark Kent, itâ€™d work for her.”
“Fire destroys that which feeds it.”

Source : Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.132, Routledge
“If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life.”
“It's to me one simple rule. Who imposes his will on the other man?”
“The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.”
“Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.”
“I'd like to get the sex thing over with, but I realized I'm not done with it.You should never will a change in your work-you have to work an idea to death. I often find that the best things happen when you're near the end.”

Source : "Lifting the Veil". The New Yorker Interview, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2008.
“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.”

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