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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. – Robert Frost

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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. – Robert Frost

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They cannot scare me with their empty spaces between stars — on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home to scare myself with my own desert places. – Robert Frost

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Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. – Robert Frost

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Power (n): The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA. – Anon.

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I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what youve done. – Robert Downey, Jr.

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Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have. – Christopher Walken

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