Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes
“Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.”
Quotes to Explore
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Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members, but it was Norway where Maoism became a genuine popular force and hegemonic in the culture.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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If I could kidnap Bryan Doyle-Murray and force him to be in my family, I would. I love him; I really do.
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I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
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The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That child will be the future. It's already happening, and it's hot!
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
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Not even close, ... Once I can transfer my weight to my front leg and just do it with a lot of force, and I don't even think about it, the home runs will come.
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[Mitt] Romney looks the part and is well known around the world and has a lot of experience.
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I had known a couple of people who had died, but the loss of my mother contained something of the profoundly unknowable.
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A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.
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When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.
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It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action
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You can be the coldest rapper, but if you're not known, you're nobody.
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A candidate has no right to force himself upon an unwilling party.
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[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a life-thought into a pregnant word or phrase, and sends it ringing through the ages!
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The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.
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We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We want to launch a balloon that carries a vinyl record player.
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Does a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detracting? Consider with thyself whether his reproaches are true. If they are not, consider that thou art not the person whom he reproaches, but that he reviles an imaginary being, and perhaps loves what thou really art, though he hates what thou appearest to be.
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“Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.”
