"Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it."

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Source : Samuel Richardson (1751). “Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life”, p.432

Samuel Richardson

#Wish Quotes #Power Of Love Quotes #Trusted Quotes

“Breathe in, breathe out, move on...”
“Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?' 'One of the. He fired all the others.' 'But not you?' 'He fired me on the second day, but I kept coming in. I had nowhere else to go.' 'And then you killed him.' 'Yes.' 'A Remnant squirmed inside you, and you killed Kenspeckle Grouse.' 'Yes.' Nye grinned. 'You're hired. But I have warn you, if you try to kill me, I will dissect you and sing along to your screams.' 'Can I have Mondays off?' 'You may.”
“Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass.”

Source : John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, Royal Robbins (1842). “The Poems of John G. C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70
“I've always been suspicious of collective truths.”
“When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.”
“I was fortunate enough to get a job at my alma mater, which brought me back to Indiana after being gone for twenty years. There is no way I would have written these poems had I not come back. They are 100% the product of the circumstances that led me home.”
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.”

Source : "To End Poverty, Act on Climate" by Kathy Calvin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2014.
“Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.”

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