Power Quotes
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...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity and characteristics, is the product of a relation of power exercised over bodies, multiplicities, movements, desires, forces.
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We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
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Knowledge is Power, and it's very lightweight.
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I think we are seeing the absolute and utter collapse of male politicians in this U.S country and we're seeing what the underpinnings of the power structure are, which are sexist underpinnings.
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When he turned his attention inward, Cole could feel his power burning bright.
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Harry Dresden: You can never tell how someone is going to handle power - not until you hand it to them and see what they do with it.
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Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.
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With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.
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As believers in Christ, we do not fight for victory; we fight from victory. In Christ’s power, we are invincible.
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The fact that women have been moving forward, that a woman was running for president, that we had a black president - I think there was, without a doubt, a whitelash and a complete backlash against the liberation of women, against the power of people of color.
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Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.
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It was scary having that sort of power over a girl. You could hurt her in ways you might never understand.
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Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute.
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The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
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Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than their favorite song.
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They're reacting and that's wonderful. It's better than them sitting there doing nothing. I say make them react - do whatever's in your power to move the audience, and if that's where it is, and there where it is with America, sex and violence, then I say project it.
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I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.
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I've been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I've profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful vision it was. I dreamed of being the first to give to the world the secret that God is so jealous of, the formula for life. Think of the power, to create a man. And I did, I did it, I created a man. And who knows, in time I could have trained him to do my will. I could have bred a race, I might even have found the secret of eternal life.
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God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
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As I have often written, power is the fundamental ingredient of the human experience. Every action in life, every thought, every choice we make-even down to what we wear and whether we are seating in first class or coach-represents a negotiation of power somewhere on the scale of power that constitutes life.
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Power only does all its business of empowering when it's perceived as a difference between the power of those nearby and, even more important, the power one previously had.
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Someone who takes the time to understand their relationship with source, who actively seeks alignment with their broader perspective, who deliberately seeks and finds alignment with who-they-really -are, is more charismatic, more attractive, more effective, and more powerful than a group of millions who have not achieved this alignment.
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Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.
