Power Quotes
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The balance of power shifts on the Internet to the individual. This is a two-way medium.
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The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.
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Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went unpunished. It is as true today as it was ten thousand years ago that a Power from which the magic virtue has gone out, falls.
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Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity.
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Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.
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Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.
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You know, it's not more knowledge, it's not more education, it's not more facts that we need. It's a better use of what we already have that we need to have. You have each and every one of you, within your potential power right now to do a wonderful job in your chosen field - if you would only embrace it and use it.
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Especially in the food business, critics take very seriously how much power they have. They can shut a restaurant down.
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Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world.
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For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an ingenue at 22. But I was always certain of it and certain of its power. I felt the power when I went to the theater at 9, 10, 12 and 14.
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I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.
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I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.
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By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting or not acting, according to the determinations of the will.
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I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.
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The fact is that middle managers have an effective veto power over whatever risk management system is created. If they don't buy it, it won't happen.
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Independent content these days can be more successful than previously because of the power of social media. However, there are still systems in place to make sure independent artists don't get as far as signed ones.
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It's not like Windows users don't have any power. I think they are happy with Windows, and that's an incredibly depressing thought...
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There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.
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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.
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When you're writing about superpowers, you're writing about power. When you're writing about immortals, you're writing about mortality.
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The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.
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Generally, the president's power and capital is used to close a deal and not always to negotiate bit by bit.
