Power Quotes
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There are some libertarians who are really anarchists, but others are more concerned about the distant relationship between themselves and power. They mistakenly think they want to get rid of government when instead they might just want to have greater access to power.
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I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are?
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I believe in the power of play.
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Competition for power is of two sorts: between organizations, and between individuals for leadership within an organization.
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I believe in the power of great art to transcend geographical boundaries, political differences and even the restrictions of time.
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The power of music is still with me, every day. It's one of the most inspiring things available in the world. I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me. But, I think it just came from being affected by strong, personal art.
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As in the sexual experience, there are never more than two persons present in the act of reading-the writer, who is the impregnator, and the reader, who is the resspondent. This gives the experience of reading a sublimity and power unequalled by any other form of communication.
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Ah, afflicted one, your disabilities were meant to unite with God's enablings, your weakness to mate His power. God's grace is at hand -sufficent-- and at its best when human weakness is most profound. Appropriate it and learn that those who wait on God are stronger in their weakness than the sons of men in their stoutest health and vigor.
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Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.
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I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
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The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.
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Collective action is a means of power, a means by which individuals can more fully realize their individual values.
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People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
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Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television.
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A nation usually renews its youth on a political sick-bed, and there finds again the spirit which it had gradually lost in seeking and maintaining power.
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Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.
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Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.
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Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for upsized art and more of it. I've heard of photographers asked to print larger to increase the wall power and salability of their work. Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast.
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I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end up going extinct. We'd be the laughingstock of the aliens of the cosmos if that were the case.
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The warrior uses the power of the brain to be deliberate and the power of the heart to be instinctive.
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Art thou a type of beauty, or of power, Of sweet enjoyment, or disastrous sin?
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When you collect bad loans... you sure learn a lot about making good ones. You also learn a lot about the power of persuasion, persistence and desperation.
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For reasons I do not fully understand, some power is released through setting positive goals that would otherwise remain dormant.
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I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.
