Power is a funny thing. Sometimes you can just take it.

Megan Mayhew Bergman
About This Quote

Power is a funny thing. Sometimes you can just take it. This is a paraphrase of a quote by the late American actress and singer Julia Child, who said that power is a funny thing.

Source: Almost Famous Women: Stories

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