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->''Isn't a name in this city he doesn't know, a crowd he can't turn, a favor he isn't owned.''
-->-- '''Kemen about his father, Ar-Pharazon''', ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
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--> '''Creator/RogerEbert''', in his review of '''Film/HotelRwanda''.

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--> '''Creator/RogerEbert''', in his review of '''Film/HotelRwanda''.
''Film/HotelRwanda''.
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->''I have known a few hotel managers fairly well, and I think if I were hiring diplomats, they would make excellent candidates. They speak several languages. They are discreet. They know how to function appropriately in different cultures. They know when a bottle of scotch will repay itself six times over. They know how to handle complaints. And they know everything that happens under their roof, from the millionaire in the penthouse to the bellboy who can get you a girl.''
--> '''Creator/RogerEbert''', in his review of '''Film/HotelRwanda''.
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->''He could change more abruptly than a chameleon...whether Alcibiades found himself in the company of good men or bad, there was nothing he could not imitate and no habit he could not acquire. [[TheSpartanWay In Sparta, he took exercise, lived frugally,]] and [[PerpetualFrowner wore a frown on his face]]; in Ionia [[TheEveryman he was fastidious, companionable, and easy-living]]; in Thrace he [[BoisterousBruiser went in for hard drinking and hard riding]]; when he was with the satrap Tissaphernes he outdid the Persians, for all their magnificence, [[AgentPeacock with his pomp and extravagance]]. It is not that he actually changed personality so readily, or that his character was infinitely mutable, but that when his real self was going to upset the people he was with, [[MagnificentBastard he assumed and took refuge in whatever appearance and image was appropriate for them]].''

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->''He could change more abruptly than a chameleon... whether Alcibiades found himself in the company of good men or bad, there was nothing he could not imitate and no habit he could not acquire. [[TheSpartanWay In Sparta, he took exercise, lived frugally,]] and [[PerpetualFrowner wore a frown on his face]]; in Ionia [[TheEveryman he was fastidious, companionable, and easy-living]]; in Thrace he [[BoisterousBruiser went in for hard drinking and hard riding]]; when he was with the satrap Tissaphernes he outdid the Persians, for all their magnificence, [[AgentPeacock with his pomp and extravagance]]. It is not that he actually changed personality so readily, or that his character was infinitely mutable, but that when his real self was going to upset the people he was with, [[MagnificentBastard he assumed and took refuge in whatever appearance and image was appropriate for them]].''



->''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavianus]] entered, changing colour continually, like a chameleon, turning [[RedOniBlueOni now pale now red]]; one moment his expression [[ColdHam was gloomy, sombre, and overcast]], [[TheCharmer the next he unbent and showed all the charms of Aphrodite and the Graces]]. Moreover [[DeathGlare in the glances of his eyes]] he was fain to resemble mighty Helios, for he preferred that [[TheDreaded none who approached should be able to meet his gaze]]...what [[ManipulativeBastard a changeable monster is this]]! What mischief will he do us?''

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->''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavianus]] entered, changing colour continually, like a chameleon, turning [[RedOniBlueOni now pale now red]]; one moment his expression [[ColdHam was gloomy, sombre, and overcast]], [[TheCharmer the next he unbent and showed all the charms of Aphrodite and the Graces]]. Moreover [[DeathGlare in the glances of his eyes]] he was fain to resemble mighty Helios, for he preferred that [[TheDreaded none who approached should be able to meet his gaze]]... what [[ManipulativeBastard a changeable monster is this]]! What mischief will he do us?''
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->[[OurSlashersAreDifferent Harpies]] are the spider at the center of the social web, and the silk sings to her tune.
-->--''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil: Slasher'' ([[http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/main-forum/the-new-world-of-darkness/329452-undertaking-harpy-alpha fan-made content]])

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-> ''He could change more abruptly than a chameleon...whether Alcibiades found himself in the company of good men or bad, there was nothing he could not imitate and no habit he could not acquire. [[TheSpartanWay In Sparta, he took exercise, lived frugally,]] and [[PerpetualFrowner wore a frown on his face]]; in Ionia [[TheEveryman he was fastidious, companionable, and easy-living]]; in Thrace he [[BoisterousBruiser went in for hard drinking and hard riding]]; when he was with the satrap Tissaphernes he outdid the Persians, for all their magnificence, [[AgentPeacock with his pomp and extravagance]]. It is not that he actually changed personality so readily, or that his character was infinitely mutable, but that when his real self was going to upset the people he was with, [[MagnificentBastard he assumed and took refuge in whatever appearance and image was appropriate for them]].''

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-> ''He ->''He could change more abruptly than a chameleon...whether Alcibiades found himself in the company of good men or bad, there was nothing he could not imitate and no habit he could not acquire. [[TheSpartanWay In Sparta, he took exercise, lived frugally,]] and [[PerpetualFrowner wore a frown on his face]]; in Ionia [[TheEveryman he was fastidious, companionable, and easy-living]]; in Thrace he [[BoisterousBruiser went in for hard drinking and hard riding]]; when he was with the satrap Tissaphernes he outdid the Persians, for all their magnificence, [[AgentPeacock with his pomp and extravagance]]. It is not that he actually changed personality so readily, or that his character was infinitely mutable, but that when his real self was going to upset the people he was with, [[MagnificentBastard he assumed and took refuge in whatever appearance and image was appropriate for them]].''



-> ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavianus]] entered, changing colour continually, like a chameleon, turning [[RedOniBlueOni now pale now red]]; one moment his expression [[ColdHam was gloomy, sombre, and overcast]], [[TheCharmer the next he unbent and showed all the charms of Aphrodite and the Graces]]. Moreover [[DeathGlare in the glances of his eyes]] he was fain to resemble mighty Helios, for he preferred that [[TheDreaded none who approached should be able to meet his gaze]]...what [[ManipulativeBastard a changeable monster is this]]! What mischief will he do us?''
--> '''Emperor Julian the Apostate''', from ''The Caesars'' one of his satires.

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-> ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} ->''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavianus]] entered, changing colour continually, like a chameleon, turning [[RedOniBlueOni now pale now red]]; one moment his expression [[ColdHam was gloomy, sombre, and overcast]], [[TheCharmer the next he unbent and showed all the charms of Aphrodite and the Graces]]. Moreover [[DeathGlare in the glances of his eyes]] he was fain to resemble mighty Helios, for he preferred that [[TheDreaded none who approached should be able to meet his gaze]]...what [[ManipulativeBastard a changeable monster is this]]! What mischief will he do us?''
--> '''Emperor Julian the Apostate''', from ''The Caesars'' one of his satires.satires.

->'''Andi:''' What? How-? Did she just use [[CharmPerson magic]] on her?\\
'''Roy:''' Nah, magic makes ''[[MundaneFantastic sense]]''. What she does defies the natural order.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' on [[LovableRogue Haley]]'s haggling skills, [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0965.html "The Bargain Hunter"]]

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-->-- '''Plutarch''', ''Parallel Lives: Life of Alcibiades''

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-->-- '''Plutarch''', ''Parallel Lives: ''Literature/ParallelLives: Life of Alcibiades''
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-->-- '''Plutarch''', ''Parallel Lives: Life of Alcibiades''

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-->-- '''Plutarch''', ''Parallel Lives: Life of Alcibiades''Alcibiades''

-> ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavianus]] entered, changing colour continually, like a chameleon, turning [[RedOniBlueOni now pale now red]]; one moment his expression [[ColdHam was gloomy, sombre, and overcast]], [[TheCharmer the next he unbent and showed all the charms of Aphrodite and the Graces]]. Moreover [[DeathGlare in the glances of his eyes]] he was fain to resemble mighty Helios, for he preferred that [[TheDreaded none who approached should be able to meet his gaze]]...what [[ManipulativeBastard a changeable monster is this]]! What mischief will he do us?''
--> '''Emperor Julian the Apostate''', from ''The Caesars'' one of his satires.
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-> ''He could change more abruptly than a chameleon...whether Alcibiades found himself in the company of good men or bad, there was nothing he could not imitate and no habit he could not acquire. [[TheSpartanWay In Sparta, he took exercise, lived frugally,]] and [[PerpetualFrowner wore a frown on his face]]; in Ionia [[TheEveryman he was fastidious, companionable, and easy-living]]; in Thrace he [[BoisterousBruiser went in for hard drinking and hard riding]]; when he was with the satrap Tissaphernes he outdid the Persians, for all their magnificence, [[AgentPeacock with his pomp and extravagance]]. It is not that he actually changed personality so readily, or that his character was infinitely mutable, but that when his real self was going to upset the people he was with, [[MagnificentBastard he assumed and took refuge in whatever appearance and image was appropriate for them]].''
-->-- '''Plutarch''', ''Parallel Lives: Life of Alcibiades''

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