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    George R.R. Martin
    “Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    Malcolm X
    “If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.”
    ― Malcom X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    tags: force, police-brutality, power, resistance, solidarity, violence
    1024 likes

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    Michel Foucault
    “Where there is power, there is resistance.”
    ― Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
    tags: activism, leftism, power, resistance
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  • #4
    Sun Tzu
    “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: deception, life, war
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    André Malraux
    “Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”
    ― André Malraux
    tags: deception, hiding, lies, man, secrets, self-awareness
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: deception
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: deception, naive, romance, world
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    Eugene V. Debs
    “In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.”
    ― Eugene Victor Debs
    tags: authoritarianism, deception, exploitation, fundamentalism, nationalism, oppression, patriotism, religion, totalitarianism, tyranny
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”
    ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims
    tags: deception
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    Evita Ochel
    “Until you realize how easy it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else's game.”
    ― Evita Ochel
    tags: deception, economy, enslavement, game-of-life, government, liberation, manipulation, media-distortion, media-manipulation, mind, mind-control, mind-power, mindfulness, politics
    127 likes

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    Demosthenes
    “Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
    For what every man wishes,
    that he also believes to be true.”
    ― Demosthenes
    tags: believe, blindness, deception, desire, honesty, lie, self-reflecting, truth, wish
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Do you are laugh because you are successful or because another one is unfortunate?”
    ― Machiavelli, Niccolò
    tags: envy, laugh, machiavelli, success
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    Jacques Barzun
    “[The prince] dare not let ethics keep him from doing whatever evil must be done to preserve himself and the state.”
    ― Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
    tags: machiavelli, the-prince
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    Bangambiki Habyarimana
    “Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions”
    ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
    tags: absolute-power, ambition, ambition-and-attitude, ambition-life-ambitions, ambition-quote, ambition-quotes, ambitions, bangambiki, competing, competing-with-others, competition-and-attitude, competition-is-not-real-love, competition-quotes, competition-with-others, competitions, dictatorship, lies-politics, love-of-power, lust-for-power, macchiavelli, machiavellian, maintaining-power, misuse-of-power, political, political-ambition, political-ambition-quotes, political-correctness, political-philosophy, politicians, politics, power, power-addiction, power-politics, retribution, retribution-quotes, reward, reward-quotes, rewards, survival-instinct, survival-is-the-name-of-the-game, survival-of-the-fittest, survival-quotes, survival-story, survivalism, survivalist, survive, surviving-life, survivor, the-great-pearl-of-wisdom
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    Bangambiki Habyarimana
    “The giving hand is considered powerful; the receiving hand is considered weak. It’s better to give than to receive.”
    ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
    tags: give, given, giver, giving, giving-advice, giving-and-receiving, giving-hand, giving-help, giving-quotes, giving-your-best, receive-quotes, receiver, receiving-hand, receiving-your-blessings
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    Bangambiki Habyarimana
    “Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men”
    ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
    tags: afterlife, agnostic, agnostic-atheism, agnostic-prayer, agnostic-quote, agnostic-quotes, agnosticism, agnostics, atheism, atheism-defined
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    Bangambiki Habyarimana
    “Power hungry=life loving”
    ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
    tags: ambition, ambition-and-attitude, ambition-life-ambitions, ambition-quote, ambition-quotes, ambitions, bangambiki, dictatorship, lies-politics, love-of-power, lust-for-power, macchiavelli, machiavellian, misuse-of-power, political, political-ambition, political-ambition-quotes, political-correctness, political-philosophy, politicians, politics, power, power-addiction, survival-instinct, survival-is-the-name-of-the-game, survival-of-the-fittest, survival-quotes, survival-story, survivalism, survivalist, survive, surviving-life, survivor, the-great-pearl-of-wisdom
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    Shūsaku Endō
    “Every weakness contains within itself a strength.”
    ― Shusaku Endo
    tags: weakness
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    Seneca
    “All cruelty springs from weakness.”
    ― Seneca, Seneca's Morals: Of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
    tags: behavior, character, cruelty, weakness
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    Eric Hoffer
    “Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
    ― Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms
    tags: rudeness, weakness
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    Masashi Kishimoto
    “The weaker you are the louder you bark.
    -Tenten”
    ― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Band 11
    tags: barking, strength, weakness
    408 likes

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  • #23
    Mark Lawrence
    “Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
    tags: predictability, sacrifice, weakness
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    John Wayne
    “Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness.”
    ― John Wayne
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    Agatha Christie
    “To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.”
    ― Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery
    tags: excuses, explanations, weakness
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    Joseph Conrad
    “Never test another man by your own weakness.”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
    tags: man, test, weakness, weaknesses
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  • #27
    “...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church.”
    ― Dave Matthes, Bar Nights
    tags: alcoholism, ambition, autumn, blood, booze, bottle, bravery, comedy, cynical
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.”
    ― Shannon l. Alder
    tags: acceptance, adversity, best-friend, breakups, caring, child, cruelty, dad, dumped, endings, family, friendship, hurt, illness, love, mental-disorders, misunderstood-fights, mom, pain, rejection, sorrow, spouse, support, support-system, tough-times, trials, true-friendship
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  • #29
    William Shakespeare
    “I must be cruel only to be kind;
    Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.”
    ― William Shakespeare , Hamlet
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  • #30
    Caroline Kepnes
    “The only thing crueler than a cage so
    small that a bird can’t fly is a cage so
    large that a bird thinks it can fly.”
    ― Caroline Kepnes, You
    tags: cruelty, freedom
    380 likes



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