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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Sea, Position, Public Office
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 47, 1799.
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.