"You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power."

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Source : "Fictional character: Sonmi~451". "Cloud Atlas", 2012.

David Mitchell

#Men Quotes #Long Quotes #People Quotes

“Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.”
“Wherever you go you will find people lying to you, and as your awareness grows, you will notice that you also lie to yourself. Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.”
“Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess”
“I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.”
“I had a major in business, and I graduated with a business degree, but I was perhaps the worst student to graduate from that program.”
“I'm a coyote shapeshifter playing in a world of werewolves and vampires---outmatched is n understatement.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2010). “Silver Borne: Mercy Thompson”, p.10, Hachette UK
“All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.”
“The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below”

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