Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes
Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
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In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.
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I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
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The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
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Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.
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A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.
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It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.
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A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
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What vital U.S. interest is imperiled in who comes to power in Podgorica, Montenegro? Why cannot Europe handle this problem in its own back yard?
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power.
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Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.
Garry Kasparov -
Bleachers comes from a different place. It's personal. It's just me putting myself out there as myself. It's very intense.
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By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
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I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.
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Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.
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C has the power of assembly language and the convenience of … assembly language.
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If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.
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Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
