"Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control……" — Bruce Coville
"Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship."
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Bruce Coville
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11 Quotes by Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville has 11 quotes on this site.
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All these guys picking on smart kids and calling them geeks and dweebs are going to grow up and want…
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Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all... Never was a chain…
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The first draft of a story is the writer's clay.
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If you don’t jump, the wings never come.
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There's lots of kinds of chains. You can't see most of them, the one's that bind folks together. But people…
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I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.
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The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and…
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Gadfangled girl things, always robbed me of my common sense.
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Hey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV?
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Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any…
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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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