Johnny Depp
Actor, Producer
"I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots."
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Position Of Power
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George R. R. Martin
Novelist, Screenwriter
"I don’t know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it’s more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they’re a woman and people don’t want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society."
Terence McKenna
Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
"So you know what we have to do is stop looking for leadership from the top, because the least among us make their way into those positions of power... So what we have to do is knock off this fantasy of being citizens inside a democratic state, I mean, what we are, are the propagandized masses inside a fascist dictatorship."
Simon Sinek
Author, Motivational Speaker
"There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us."
Natalie Portman
Actress, Director, Producer
"I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field."
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"People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?"
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"Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women."
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"When you get talking to people in positions of power, you find that often their worldview is framed either in terms of their disciplinary studies at university and/or the country where they first got interest in development."
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"That's a big fear, right, and when I talk with black pastors, the same thing: If we try to have this move towards interracial congregations, whites will just dominate then. There are so many more of them, and they're used to being in the position of power. So they'll just take over, and we'll lose the one thing we do have."
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