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Quote by Don Delillo
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. – Don DeLillo

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There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. – Don Delillo

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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. – Don DeLillo

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I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential – especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident. – Susan Orlean

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. – Lord Acton

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords. – John Muir

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In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim – that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. – George Mason

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He had read much, if one considers his long life but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. – Isaac Asimov

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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold

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