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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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Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. – Charlotte Davis Kasl

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Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic. – Alexis Carrel

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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. – Albert Einstein

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The eye sees what it brings the power to see. – Thomas Carlyle

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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. – Winston Churchill

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I hardly teach. Its more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process. – Fay Godwin

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