"The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature."
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"She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself."
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"Steven, I know I phrased that as a question, but it was really a command. Yes, but mine is…ummm…private. Private, Steven? Yes, Miss Palma. PRIVATE Steven? Again with the capital letters?"
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"Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs."
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"The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe."
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