“Manipulation is an art, but it is a double-edged knife and can be a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands.”
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“Art is a weapon and the weapons can change the world.”
Riiko Sakkinen (1976) Finnish visual artist
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“Size is a double-edged sword with great advantages and disadvantages..”
Kenneth Griffin (1968) American hedge fund manager
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“Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.”
Wilhelm Stekel (1868–1940) Austrian physician and psychologist
Marriage at the Crossroads (1931), p. 73