"The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism."

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Source : Jack McDevitt (1995). “The Engines of God”, p.317, Penguin

Jack McDevitt

#People Quotes #Want Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done.”
“Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Madonna is the most famous woman on the planet and has been for a number of decades.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.”
“Unless there's a personal transformation, there can be no social transformation.”
“From dwarf tossing to drug taking: The legislator has no place in voluntary exchanges between consenting adults, as dodgy and as dangerous as these might be.”
“Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.”
“The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.”

Source : Don Herold (1926). “There ought to be a law--”

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