Lloyd Alexander Quotes
Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.
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All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
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Doing the right thing has power.
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a vision for the clean energy future.
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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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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.
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Power is paradoxical.
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Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.
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Well, Gaffer his early friend Mr. Wells, artist I see there will be no peace till I comply; so give me a piece of paper. There, now, rule the size for me, and tell me what I am to do. Mr. Wells told him: 'Well divide your subject into classes, say: Pastoral, Marine, Elegant Pastoral, and so forth..'
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Before I even came into office, I said that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was a priority.
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Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.
