Power Quotes
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While anti-immigrant and anti-E.U. parties across Europe may not take power anywhere in 2017, theirs is now a permanent and growing presence, leeching away support from centrist parties left and right.
Pat Buchanan -
Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.
L'Wren Scott
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The allegations against Harvey Weinstein are clearly deplorable. No matter how many great films he's bullied into production, or his guilt-induced contributions to left-minded ideals, this kind of intimidation and abuse of power is perverse and utterly unforgivable. Period.
Kurt Sutter -
Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.
John Trudell -
If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet's No.1 economy by 2016. That means whoever's elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world's dominant economic power.
Mark Steyn -
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Napoleon Hill -
Back when Saddam Hussein was in power, the Americans didn't care about his crimes. When he was gassing the Kurds and gassing Iran, they didn't care about it. When oil was at stake, somehow, suddenly, things mattered.
Sam Richards -
You can say, 'I am a poet, rock-climbing shaman, and my name is Hiawatha Moonbeam,' and people in America will say, 'Hey, that's great. All power to you, man'.
Louis Theroux
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Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
Ziggy Marley -
A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.
Kerby Jean-Raymond -
I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
Barbara Corcoran -
All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe.
David Harvey -
The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
A. Philip Randolph -
The man might have become a Power, but he preferred to remain an Ass.
H. P. Blavatsky
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The world's longest-serving dictator has just stepped down and handed over power. The national project of Cuba, which was Fidel's vision, is now finished. It's something - a small something, but still something.
Joe Garcia -
Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
J. R. Moehringer -
The imagination is man's power over nature.
Wallace Stevens -
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
Naoto Kan
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
Ian Frazier -
Our entire franchise has done everything in its power to put all of our players and its coaching staff in the best possible position to execute when it counts. And to deliver to the highly supportive fans of Cleveland a proud, intense, impassioned, all-out drive to achieve a championship.
Dan Gilbert -
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
Pat Boone -
Freedom is the power to choose our own chains
Jean-Jacques Rousseau