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I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power. - Patricia Cornw

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power. – Patricia Cornwell

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On the last morning of Virginias bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea. – Patricia Cornwell

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Morning
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I didnt invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is. – Patricia Cornwell

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Science
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In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted. – Patricia Cornwell

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Health
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Other Quotes from
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. – Sitting Bull

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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks

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power

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. – Blaise Pascal

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power

Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. – Henry A. Wallace

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power

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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. – Francis Bacon

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Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet. – Glen Hansard

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Its interesting when youve been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I dont know where its coming from but I am glad. – Valerie Simpson

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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. – Harry A. Blackmun

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