Command Quotes
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Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.
Ansel Adams
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Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.
Euripides
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She claimed that she was in the service of the workers, and yet, from her room in a house full of books and with a view of the sea, she wanted to command you, she wanted to tell you what you should do with your work, she decided for you, she had the solution ready even if you ended up in the street.
Elena Ferrante
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I just need to regain my command. I was concerned at first that I was not going to be able to go with the team and be healthy.
Pedro Martinez
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If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.
Van Jones
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It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
John Locke Nazareth
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All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Your wish is your command.
Katrina Mayer
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The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
George Washington
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On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.
Victor Hugo
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We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis because I really don't need to.
Eileen Collins
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Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.
William Shakespeare
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The turn I made was not the one I planned. And I watched my social standing slip away from me, while I watched the bottle slowly take command.
Merle Haggard
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I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.
Sarah West
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She (Rachel) pulled away and looked into his eyes. "Don't give up." "There goes my plan." "I'm serious. Even if things look bad, find a way to win. Find it." "You too," Jason urged. "Within reason. Don't try some huge Edomic command and blow yourself to pieces." "There goes my plan." "You stole my line.
Brandon Mull
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But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.
George Eliot
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Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength.
David Lilienthal
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What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.
Eugene V. Debs