Power Quotes
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What point is there to all the wealth and power that America may have if they can't look after its own?
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Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it's a small vehicle or a large vehicle.
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Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.
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I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
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I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments.
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The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.
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I think fiction is important because it has the power to transport a reader into another life.
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That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.
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The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.
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Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free of moral acid).
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Where is democratic process or popular sovereignty for the endangered population? It cannot be "given" or "allocated" by some other power without that same power claiming the right to withdraw what it gives.
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It is a coup because while the Brazilian Constitution allows for impeachment, it's necessary for the person to have committed what we call high crimes and misdemeanors. And President Dilma did not commit a high crime nor misdemeanor. Therefore, what is happening is an attempt by some to take power by disrespecting the popular vote.
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Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
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Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves.
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Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.
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Being a woman is power. Just because we live in a male-dominated world doesn't mean that you're incapable or less than a man.
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It seems disrespectful to my parents who left... to hear their story over and over again which always ends with... 'and I'll never go back as long as anyone in the Castro family is in power.' Well, what happens if you can go back? Would you want to see things?
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I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.
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The United States invented the Internet and it has been our gift to the world, paid for by our taxpayers. The U.N.'s desire to take that gift as a means of increasing its power must be stopped.
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Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent.
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The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.
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Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.
