"Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical order and so provides for the unity of imperative control."

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Source : Shoshana Zuboff (1988). “In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power”, New York : Basic Books

Shoshana Zuboff

#Faith Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Power Quotes

“Probably a good idea, let me know how it ends" "I already know how it ends" "You read the ending first?" "I always read the ending before I commit to the whole book." "If you know how it ends, why read the book?" "I don't read for the ending. I read for the story".”
“Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.”
“A person who seems to have all of the answers, usually isn't listening.”

Source : Jeffrey Gitomer (2014). “The Sales Bible, New Edition: The Ultimate Sales Resource”, p.232, John Wiley & Sons
“It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”
“A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.”
“A woman will do anything to keep a pretty figure, but hardly anything to get one.”
“There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.”
“I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.”

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