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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. ↗

— David Brin

#attracted #attracts #corrupts #more #other

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#i #i do #may #people #really

Ayden and Blake stared each other down. "Oh. My. God," Luna blurted from Ayden's back seat. "It's a love triangle." We all looked at her like she'd sprouted an alien from her head. "it's just like in a book. Two guys after one girl and-" I groaned. "That's ridiculous, Luna, this is not a love triangle." "Says the girl in the middle of a love triangle. Luna ignored my protests and prattled on. "Not one Hexy Boy but two. I've got to call Danica. Oooo," she squealed and clapped her hands,"We could have teams. Team Ayden and Team Blake. With T-shirt and buttons and-" "I could make a website," Lucian offered. "No!" My voice pitched with panic. "No teams. No shirts. No-" "I'll get you some headshots," Blake said, turning his profile towards Luna and Lucian. "I've been told the left is my best side. What do you think?" "Aurora's right," Ayden said. "This is buts. Blake you can follow us-" "Dude, you know no one would pick Team Ayden. You're just jealous." "That's not true. My team would be way bigger than yours." "Dare to dream, little man, dare to dream." "Care to make a wager on it?" "Absolutely." "Fine. How about-" "You two shut up!" I shoved myself out of the car. ↗

— A&E Kirk

#ayden #blake #demons-at-deadnight #luna #team-ayden

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#blair #consider #human #human rights #jack

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#important thing #know #love #means #money

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#does #generally #hear #him #hurt

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off. ↗

— Nicholas Brendon

#lifting #like #me #off #paid

No one escapes being haunted by something that absolutely terrifies them to the core, but very few feel it's okay to admit what it is that haunts us. ↗

— Nicholas Brendon

#admit #being #core #escapes #feel

I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks. ↗

— John O. Brennan

#attacks #believed #better #detain #disrupt

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people. ↗

— John O. Brennan

#american people #bed #day #enough #go