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title: "6 Power Sought Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“When external sources of power are sought in personal relationships to overcome inner feelings of powerlessness, power comes not from a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rosen/when-external-sources-of-power-are-sought-in-personal-relationships/)

[Mark Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rosen/)

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> [“Those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/those-who-are-best-suited-to-power-are-those-who-have-never-sought-it/)

[J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/)

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> [... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/perhaps-those-who-are-best-suited-to-power-are-those-who-have-never/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [“But the nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upo them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/but-the-nature-of-power-is-such-that-even-those-who-have-not-sought/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/the-nature-of-power-is-such-that-even-those-who-have-not-sought-it/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-a-curious-thing-harry-but-perhaps-those-who-are-best-suited-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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