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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

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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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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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But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful. – Alan Watts

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But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider… That thought was our power. – Joshua Chamberlain

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