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5b33b43 | "Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on." | fun humor world-domination megalomania | Eoin Colfer | |
a676355 | Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. | dicta building-industry cheops khufu megalomania pyramids building | Robert A. Heinlein | |
82d613a | In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers' broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope. | hatred prejudice humanity politics leadership intelligence coexisting-together coexistência election-year-politics political-commentary political-corruption gun-laws gun-violence presidential-election world-suicide-prevention-day hate-crimes coexistence extremism megalomania human-rights-day national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings bigotry terrorism xenophobia hypocrisy ignorance | Aberjhani | |
68e2e02 | "He feels that most high-placed Nazis are refusing to face facts vis-a-vis their economic plight. By doing so, they accelerate the tendency toward greater adventures, less predictability, less stability in general. The cycle of manic enthusiasm, then fear, then Partei solutions of a desperate type--well, the point he got across was that all this tends to bring the most irresponsible and reckless aspirants to the top." Mr. Tagomi nodded. "So we must presume that the worst, rather than the best, choice will be made. The sober and responsible elements will be defeated in the present clash." | megalomania totalitarianism fascism | Philip K. Dick |