Alison Thompson Quotes
Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative.
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I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
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North Korea faded to black in the early 1990s. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, which had propped up its old Communist ally with cheap fuel oil, North Korea's creakily inefficient economy collapsed. Power stations rusted into ruin.
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We take men's obligation to earn money, and when they do it well, we blame them for having power and being oppressors. And when they don't do it all, women just don't marry men who are reading 'I'm Okay, You're Okay' in the unemployment line.
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The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.
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Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.
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On the one hand, she is cut off from the protection awarded to her sisters abroad; on the other, she has no such power to defend her interests at the polls, as is the heritage of her brothers at home.
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I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.
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I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images of flayed apostles and tortured saints was a pretty strong introduction.
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C has the power of assembly language and the convenience of … assembly language.
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The only trouble with this world today lies in our lack of understanding of the power of imagination.
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An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
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I don't really have a life outside of movies. But I like to climb mountains and walk the dogs. I like fine wines and good restaurants.
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Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative.
