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Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set, Werner Herzog
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The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. Walter Lippmann
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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. Voltaire
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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
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Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke. William C. Bryant
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Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation. Walter Savage Landor
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...the greatest tyrants over women are women. William Makepeace Thackeray
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Keith played a critical part in restoring the company's balance sheet and returning it to a position of financial health, Martin Broughton
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Katie and (catcher Eryn) Richardson did a great job. Katie was hitting her spots and Eryn kept them off balance with the pitch selection.
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Journalists would build in more checks and balances and welcome more independent ombudsmen, Ken Auletta
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It balances the overall impact, ... Quite frankly, you've got to satisfy the people who are paying the bill.
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He kept hitters off balance all day. That was our focus coming in. He worked fast and he went after hitters.
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He lives a lot in his head, like a lot of us live in our little condos with our computers. We interact less and less with other humans and don't use our imaginations as much. This character's head is a big hot-air balloon, and he flies away to find the balance between (living in) the real world and being able to keep his creativity and childlike heart.
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Greg didn't have a lot of speed. He just had balance galore. He was on the ski team, he played baseball, he was solid. If you were to just look at him, you wouldn't see all of this talent locked up in there.
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No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way. Tony Judt
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This was a good win. We got out to an early lead and were able to keep it for the balance of the game. Jim Nelson
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I was just thinking about it yesterday, wondering if I'm going to get fooled or not, ... It's going to help me somewhat because I know what those guys can do and I know some of their releases, but they're in a totally different offense. In one respect, it will (help me), but in another, they run totally different routes now.
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I'd be a fool to say we don't miss them.
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He who quotes himself has a fool for a source. Richard O'Brien
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An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible! Richard P. Feynman
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The easiest person to fool is yourself.
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I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie. Richard Russo
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You don't get to be old bein' no fool... Richard Pryor
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Follow the rules or follow the fools. Tupac Shakur
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All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish. Robert Plant