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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. ↗

— Edward Abbey

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When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#best friend #dog #friend #his #man

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#believes #bestowed #books #characters #free

Tackling childhood obesity is key. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#key #obesity #tackling

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#back #behave #best #best way #come

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beside #childhood #conjure #fleeting #lake

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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