"Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can."

-- Joan D. Vinge

#Real Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”
“What do hookers do on their nights off, type?”
“I don't think I would use a gun, but who knows what a person would do in certain circumstances? My instincts are that I don't see the point of using violence to oppose violence, but many people would and the Brotherhood know that. For this reason they want an unarmed population. Adolph Hitler introduced gun laws shortly before he began to transport people to his concentration camps.”
“When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.”
“You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be on top of the story, but words do matter.”
“Fetty Wap is just a face. It's just a name and face.”

Source : Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.
“You don't have to forget the past to start enjoying the present.”
“Out of necessity, one needs to occasionally consume, but I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of a myth arising that we can buy our way to a sustainable future, and I don't think that's the case.”

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