Power Quotes
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Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power alone in his own good time.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.
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Triune, shaping, restless power, Life-flow from life's natal hour, No music chords are in thy sound; By some thou'rt but a rattle found; Yet, without thy ceaseless motion, To ice would turn their dead devotion.
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When you look at the number of nuclear power plants in China and India, we can't afford not to pursue similar alternative energy sources. If we do not, it would do immense harm to the manufacturing industry in the Midwest.
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Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.
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Power is at the root of the human experience. Our attitudes and beliefs--positive or negative--are all extensions of how we define and use power.
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Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king
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Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.
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Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.
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To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.
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If I don't get eight hours, I can't function, so I'm a great believer in power naps.
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Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.
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It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.
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Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.
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Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.
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Words have power? That sounds like you’re into some Harry Potter juju.
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'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.
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We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs.
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No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?
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My attitude would be the same as the attitude of the working class in Germany when the Nazis came to power. It does not mean that because at some stage you elect a government that you tolerate its existence. You oppose it...I will oppose a second-term Thatcher government as vigorously as I possibly can.
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These are old issues. Female power, misogyny, the treatment of women, how you make meaning in the world. And these are all issues that I've been thinking about and writing about for a very long time.
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Mozambique is having an economic resurgence but still four out of 10 people there have HIV or AIDS...There's astounding conditions but what I was left with...was the power of the human spirit there and the fact these people have been through so much and they were still dancing in the streets.
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Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.
