"Real power is control. Knowing that you can……" — Joan D. Vinge
"Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can."
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39 Quotes by Joan D. Vinge
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For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
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These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most…
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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with…
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Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.
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Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.
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The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their…
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Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.
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Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
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As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more…
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Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.
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Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre…
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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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