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To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. - Simone

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. – Simone Weil

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. – Simone Weil

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When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. Its the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. Thats the power of the gospel. – Ben Harper

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Power over a mans subsistence is power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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

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Its being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power – if youre willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. – Whoopi Goldberg

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