Catherine the Great Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
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My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.
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The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I'm 34 years old. In most jobs, your early 30s to early 40s are your power years.
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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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This nation loves singing and loves acting.
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Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved.
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.
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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
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I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.
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I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
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With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.
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The power of fantasy is so strong that people think they are having a good time when they are merely wasting money.
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...'world peace' imposed by a dominant power assisted by a few partners is unlikely... only world peace driven by a recognition of the threat to everyone's survival is the most likely source of salvation...
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We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late... The science is clear. The global warming debate is over.
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Thought is something limitless and independent, and has been mixed with no thing but is alone by itself. ... What was mingled with it would have prevented it from having power over anything in the way in which it does. ... For it is the finest of all things and the purest.
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I never underestimate the power of hot rollers for your hair and eyelash curlers for your eyelashes.
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... the battle for the acceptance of photography as Art was not only counter-productive but counter-revolutionary. The most important photography is most emphatically not Art.
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I love Baltimore, I want to retire a raven.
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Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences.
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Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
