"The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive."

-- Barbara Tuchman

#Power Quotes #Action Quotes #Appetite Quotes

“The difficulty that contestation must be done in the name of an authority is resolved this: I contest in the name of contestation what experience itself is.”
“One stupid act of some stupid extremist puts us all down.”
“All motivation is defined by intention. If the intention is to hurt, divide, or belittle, it's wrong; if it's an attempt to cope with or make sense of tragedy, it's something different. If it's commenting on society's flaws, versus adding to society's flaws, I think the audience can tell.”

Source : Source: www.towleroad.com
“Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.”
“I come equipped with stereophonic funk producinÂ´ disco inducinÂ´ twin magnetic rock receptors.”
“She had bullets in her eyes and they fired.”
“Asia, in cooperation with Europe, is about to take simultaneous action towards realization of a New World Order.”

Source : "The Secret History of the War". Book by Waverley Root, p. 342, 1945.
“Told ya you were special.”

Source : Thomas E. Sniegoski (2012). “The Fallen: The Fallen 1; The Fallen 2; The Fallen 3”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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