Quote by David Brin
It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that po

It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin

Other quotes by David Brin

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, Ill bet youll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science. – David Brin

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Science
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Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. Ive had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam… and Im not happy to be right in all of those cases. – David Brin

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Science
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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. – David Brin

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Its a lifes journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else. – Mariska Hargitay

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power

Im not out burning bras, but Im very opinionated about women owning their power. – Katherine Heigl

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power

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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power

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. – John F. Kennedy

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power

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It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile? – Albert Camus

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