Power Quotes
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People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power and security, and about love, the way the others do?" . . . The easiest answer is to say that, like most other humans, I am hungry.
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Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.
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It follows that America's primary interest is to help ensure that no single power comes to control this geopolitical space and that the global community has unhindered financial and economic access to it.
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Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
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Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.
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I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.
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Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.
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I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.
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What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.
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Give parents and school superintendents and school boards the power to decide if they need that money for school construction or if they need it for teacher training or if they need it for new computers.
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If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party.
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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
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The fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is in Glory occupied with us should lead us into a holy life which glorifies Him. That loving eye is never withdrawn from us. If we were to remember this constantly, what a power this would be in our lives!
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We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.
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We must relinquish our passive observation of the world outside; we can open the door to the world we want. In understanding ourselves, we come to understand the world. In allowing ourselves to heal, we become the healers of the world. In praying for peace, we become bringers of peace. Thus we actualize the power within us to remedy the psychic wounds of humanity.
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The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.
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I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.
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Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.
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Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
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Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something.
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The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience.
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Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.
