Quote by John Steinbeck
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a los

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck

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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck

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Summer
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. – John Steinbeck

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great
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The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear. – George Weinberg

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Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Fear

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. – Lord Chesterfield

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Fear

The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks

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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. – Proverb

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I just think that Ill never have plastic surgery if Im not in front of the camera. If you make your living selling this thing, which is the way you look, then maybe you do it. But trust me, the minute Im directing or producing and not starring, I would never even think of it. – Rebecca De Mornay

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Ive always been an animal lover. Ive grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on Lassie, I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie. – Will Estes

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