"The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful."

-- Hammurabi

#Powerful Quotes #Government Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“If you want to understand function, study structure,”
“Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare!”
“I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.”

Source : "Oscar's First Black Winner Accepted Her Honor in a Segregated 'No Blacks' Hotel in L.A." by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 19, 2015.
“I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.”
“And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.”

Source : Han Nolan (2008). “A Face in Every Window”, p.244, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama”
“As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne.”
“Always educate yourself.”

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