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Tag: Power

TIL: Deng Xiaoping & power

Today I learnt: 

The most powerful man in China since Mao – Deng Xiaoping – was never the President of the country, or the General Secretary of the Communist Party.

He never held the top leader’s position.

Yet, no one would ever doubt he was anything but the one.

Format AsidePosted on October 16, 2017October 16, 2017Categories postTags China, history, Leadership, Power, TILLeave a comment

Everything in life is about sex Except sex…

Everything in life is about sex.

Except sex.

Sex is about power.

Oscar Wilde (via Francis Underwood, in House of Cards)

Format QuotePosted on August 6, 2013Categories postTags Francis Underwood, House of Cards, Life, Power, quotes, SexLeave a comment
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