Power Quotes
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There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.
Isaac Asimov
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Everyone at the Hayholt had seemed obsessed with the empty ritual of power, something Miriamele had lived with for so long that it held no interest for her. It was like watching a confusing game played by bad-tempered children.
Tad Williams
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
Maggie Gallagher
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
Barbara De Angelis
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
Abigail Washburn
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What if you had the ability to make EVERYDAY the BEST day of your life? You do! You see, we have the opportunity to make everyday our best, through the power of our perspective. The quality of our lives has little to do with what happens to us, but is always determined by the perspective we choose to view our lives from.
Hal Elrod
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Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in some of the most distracted periods of the Arabian rule, the Hebrew Princes rose into some degree of local and temporary importance.
Isaac D'Israeli
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In a perfect world, I only act when I really want to. I don't do most of the stuff that is out there, but it's a joy and a pleasure to do anything that promotes this higher power - this light, if you will. I just think there aren't enough projects in the world that do that.
Olivia Hussey
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
Omar Bongo
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The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.
Sara Paretsky
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
Finn Jones
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
Vicomte Delaunay
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The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.
Zaha Hadid
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The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.
Cheryl Mills
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Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers.
Elizabeth Warren
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All I ever really work for is to be a really good engineer, a good producer, a good executive, good in the world of Beats. That's power to me.
Jimmy Iovine
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Edgar Allan Poe
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I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.
Daniel Suarez
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Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.
Andrew Dominik
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
James A. Baldwin
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The power is between your ears. The power is in your heart.
Jim Brown
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The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
Davy Crockett
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When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.
Margaret Heffernan
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Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to meeting growing energy demands while staving off climate change.
Ramez Naam