"Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation."

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Source : Bertrand de Jouvenel (1949). “On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth”

Bertrand de Jouvenel

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“I am not here to entertain straight people.”
“I see prenuptial agreements as a positive - not only from a professional standpoint, but from a personal one as well. I think it is really important that people at least have some potentially difficult discussions about what their expectations are - and not just financially - prior to getting married. It should really even happen prior to people living together or casting their lot together.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.”
“I watch worry and anxiety being pandered to through technology which is neutral.”
“I don't see myself as having made the transition. I aim to be more transient than transitional. Life is constantly changing, now at a rate faster than ever, so being in a transitory state is the best way to keep pace.”
“I don't wear lipstick when I'm not at work.”
“I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school hours.”

Source : "Essence Atkins - The 'Are We There Yet?' Interview with Kam Williams". aalbc.com.
“I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest”

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