Casey Miller (Casey Geddes Miller) Quotes
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It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.
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I've always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may not have access to in my regular life - like being a superhero! Also, I would always put on shows for my family and the neighbors; I guess I was an actor before I even knew it.
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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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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for the prosperity of a nation as private credit is for the support and wealth of a family.
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.
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We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
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But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.
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For the poet, the imagination is paramount, and . . . he dwells apart in his imagination, as the philosopher dwells in his reason, and as the priest dwells in his belief … The imagination is the power of the mind over the possibilities of things.'
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It is the fallacy of all intellectuals to believe that intellect can grasp life. It cannot, because it works in terms of symbols and language. There is another factor involved: consciousness. If the flame of consciousness is low, a symbol has no power to evoke reality, and intellect is helpless.
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It's a rare film that has staying power. 'A Christmas Story' is not just a funny movie but something that connects with people.
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There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.
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An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.
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Major power and telephone grids have long been controlled by computer networks, but now similar systems are embedded in such mundane objects as electric meters, alarm clocks, home refrigerators and thermostats, video cameras, bathroom scales, and Christmas-tree lights - all of which are, or soon will be, accessible remotely.
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America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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It's difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you're in.
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To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is.
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From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.
