Power Quotes
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Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.
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I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller.
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This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.
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Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the desire to create; and that is apt to happen to a mathematician rather soon. It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, and it would be silly to bother about him.
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I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.
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There are more crime films about the corruption of power because our society has similar problems. It would be great for me as an actor to work on an 'Inside Men' sequel, but I hope it never gets made. Because it would mean the corruption is still there.
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We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness.
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GIS is waking up the world to the power of geography, this science of integration, and has the framework for creating a better future.
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'Gold,' says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.
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A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors.
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Power isn't real, and it isn't earned. If you act like you have it, suddenly you're leading everyone. Perception is reality.
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Power to the peaceful.
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It is the world's limitations and the myths that we internalize about ourselves that pushes us to diminish our power and ignore it.
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People who are ambitious - politicians who crave power - think that they're in control of it, but at some point, the movement that they started overtakes them, and they lose the ability to direct things anymore, and they become essentially riders on a wild stallion, and wherever the movement goes, wherever power takes them, they have to go along.
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Some of my corresponents seem to think that I can work wonders. Let me say as a devotee of truth that I have no such gift. All the power I may have comes from God. But He does not work directly. He works through His numberless agencies. In this case it is the Congress.
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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
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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.
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Character is power.
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The law has no power over heroes.
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
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I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.
