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• Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in… — Hannah Arendt
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• I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. — Joe Arpaio
• None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its… — Mary Astell
• I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere… — David Attenborough
• I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel… — David Attenborough
• It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
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• Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
• I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to… — Amy Adams
• When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have… — Amy Adams
• Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just… — Christian Bale

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