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A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks lik

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. Its more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. – Diana Ross

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Its okay to be a fat man. Its prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control. – Camryn Manheim

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