Beau Willimon Quotes

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.

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• I hope to work till I'm an old lady.

  

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• The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

  

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• Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.

  

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• You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

  

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• Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.

  

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• The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Work
  • Money
  • Power