Authority Quotes by John Geddes

9 Authority quotes by John Geddes

John Geddes’s nine statements on authority present a concise portrait of his personal convictions about power. The collection, though short, offers a clear sense of how he perceives leadership and influence.

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“...if you're an artist, you've submitted to authority...”

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“...when the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority...”

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“...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...”

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“...true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...”

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“...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then…

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“...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...”

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“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator…”

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“...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...”

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“...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...”

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“...those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from God's altar…

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“...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...”

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“...I've decided ... love is an eternity of slow motion replays ...”

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“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it in until…

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“...little children adore me - I'm a Troll Tamer and they know it!...”

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“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...”

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“... the scarlet thread,the red clay from which we were made, runs in tiny streams through all our veins, reminding us of where we…

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“...you are not what you seem - you're a Sylph - you leave and the air retains your image - you haunt me...”

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“...God daubs stars into galaxies with fiery paint - the same lacquer he uses upon your lips...”

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“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on the mindset...”

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“...the feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches...”

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“...open the access to your heart and write down what your voice is whispering...”

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...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you…

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“...the strands that connect us are frail, so don't hang great weights on slender wires...”

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...not even the wind can bring a tear to my eye the way you do...

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