Power Quotes
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The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
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The circulating medium being issued only by those who labor, they would suddenly become invested with all the wealth and all the power; and those who did not labor, be they ever so rich now, would as suddenly become poor and powerless.
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I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
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So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation.
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We have something very powerful in our hands with the Internet, and we still don't really understand fully its power.
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God does not give beforehand the grace with which to bear His blows; He does not heal before he smites. In your terror at the thought of parting with Horace, you left entirely out of account the sustaining power that would hold you up and bear you through those awful moments; you suffered in advance, and wholly in your own strength. But how many, how many persons I have heard say, ‘I am a marvel to myself! This blow, so long dreaded, has not slain me, as I ever believed it would; I stagger under it, but I live to wonder at the strength God gives me, and in which I bear it.
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One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.
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As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
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Needless to say, I love the interaction between the sexes; it is a natural part of life and I love women. I just think that when sex is used as a form of blackmail or power, it's a repugnant use of one of God's gifts.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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If you adopt the body language of a power player, it will greatly facilitate your ability to be a power player.
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Power is the goal of religion in general.
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Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel.
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Let your holy Angel have charge concerning us, that the wicked one have no power over us.
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There is a power to the street that's part of the democratic process when all else has failed.
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You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.
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The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
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The man certainly had assumed he had power, until today’s stark proof of what an illusion human power really is.
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I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
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Even as the United States has risen to become the predominant international power, however, conflict has persisted over the nature of American society itself and what its role in the world should be.
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The power is from within, but we cannot receive it unless we give it.
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Most progressive critics don't want to destroy the power of the Fed to regulate the macroeconomy and finance. They want to regain control over it so that it better serves the interests of the whole population.
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Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.
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I do think the biggest problem newspapers have is loss of trust, and I feel that's a result of failure to speak truth to power.
