Quote by Wole Soyinka
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka

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Theres a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which its being staged then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience. – Wole Soyinka

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Nature
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Im not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That Ive never understood. – Wole Soyinka

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Morning
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I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. Wed meet, theyd come and seek me out, wed talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine. – Wole Soyinka

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Future
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The corporate woman has been defined as the liberated woman and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was because shes so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power. – Kenny Loggins

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power

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. – Jerry Rubin

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power

Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, were gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things. – Evel Knievel

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power

The power of the people and the power of reason are one. – Georg Buchner

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power

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A man who wont die for something is not fit to live. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe — you cant take a taxi. – Alan Alda

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Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst. – Alvar N. C. de Vaca

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