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Robert Caro Quotes

We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 30, 1935

Topics

Power Believe Power Corrupts True

A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.

Effort People Someone You Important

The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.

Me Team Win Pressure Feel Help

It's a holistic process for me during a show. I'm always focusing on the technical aspects of my voice. I try to make my voice do what I want. One big thing I do to improve on each show is to listen back to performances on CD while on tour.

Me Voice Process Back Want Try

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

Hate Think Say More Than I Think

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

Home Broken Child Growing Up Key Up

It's not like what I do, how I write, changes depending on the nature of the project. I give each story my all, regardless of if there are a few thousand people reading it or a few hundred thousand.

Nature People Reading Story Changes

I don't know how you can go your whole life and not listen once to Bob Marley - what's the point?

Life You Go Know Listen Point

I will always be the hopeless romantic, more often pathetic than heroic.

Romantic Hopeless Will More Always

I think that the plus-size industry has been great with size diversity, but it hasn't really been great for skin tone diversity.

Great Diversity Think Skin Size

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

American Military Vietnam Against

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

Been Himself Supportive Obama Highly

I'm like a connoisseur of dry shampoo, so I'm really picky.

Khloe Kardashian

Dry Like Shampoo Picky Really

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