Command Quotes
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She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.
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If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be.
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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.
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No one, no single center, can today command the world. No single group of countries can do it. Under the current U.S. president, I don't think we can fundamentally change the situation as it is developing now. It is dangerous. The world is experiencing a period of growing global disarray.
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She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.
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Nobody has been held accountable for the Bytyqi murders. Those in command of the camp and the forces operating there have never been charged.
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The present relationship existing between husband and wife, where one claims a command over the actions of the other, is nothing more than a remnant of the old leaven of slavery. It is necessarily destructive of refined love; for how can a man continue to regard as his type of the ideal a being whom he has, be denying an equality of privilege with himself, degraded to something below himself?
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Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.
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I didn't feel in command at all. I just grinded.
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If I had my way, the world would hear a pretty stern command - Exit Christ.
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Through obedience learn to command.
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The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person. People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
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We could still have continued the arms race, but the arms race was pointless, and it was another reason we decided to start perestroika. It was senseless to continue to accumulate weapons. We had enough weapons to destroy life on Earth 1,000 times, and therefore it was very clear to us that the arms race could spiral out of control. A conflict could have started, as both the Americans and the Soviets realized, not out of a wrong political decision but because of a failure in the command-and-control systems.
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When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination.
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Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.
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Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action.
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Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal.
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A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.
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Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.
