He dismissed what he called "the idea that I am somehow this all-powerful figure inside the White House".
All around the world, people are writing letters about themselves to a distant, all-powerful figure who can make their dreams come true.
The fear has been that a peace settlement that did not involve Colonel Qaddafi going into exile would destabilize any new government by leaving him as the shadowy, all-powerful figure he has been for nearly 40 years.
Last season Southampton's former executive chairman, Nicola Cortese, caused a mini-drama by saying that Pochettino was like any other department head, rather than an all-seeing, all-powerful figure who was in charge of every cough and sneeze at St Mary's.
A view formed that Per Bjerrergaard, the director who announced his son, Anders, as director of football at the same press conference as Meulensteen's unveiling, was an all-powerful figure who refused the manager's demand to remove Nielsen, Lantz, Rytter and Rasmussen despite asking for his proposals on how to revamp Brondby.
For the first time, the process of replacing seven of the nine members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo and anointing a president and a premier, will not be dictated by an all-powerful figure like Mao Zedong or Mr. Deng.
These are all powerful figures, with very different personalities and architectural styles, yet Balmond has managed to work productively with all of them.
It's alleged her hookers include Playboy models and her millionaires-only johns are all powerful figures in politics, finance and entertainment.
The rigorously hierarchical nature of the military makes it especially conducive to sexual abuse, critics say, and basic training is even more so, with instructors looming as intimidating, all-powerful figures to young recruits.
"The risk in any institution with a powerful figure chairing all the Bank's key policy committees is that you end up with groupthink.
Ahmed Wali Karzai was a powerful figure in Afghan politics.
