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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. – Ambrose Bierce

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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits. – Hillary Clinton

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I consider Dr. Horrible a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone elses hands and changing the world. – Nathan Fillion

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Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands. – Peter Drucker

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The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In todays world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do. – Simon Mainwaring

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The point to remember is that what the government gives it must first take away. – John S. Coleman, address, Detroit Chamber of Commerce, 1956

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There comes a time in the seekers life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved. – Sri Chinmoy

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. – Peter Ustinov

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I dont get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I cant help but feel like this reduces it a little bit. – Christian Bale

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