- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Power Quotes
Lines on power, wherever it shows up.
Rather than sticking to one definition, this set moves between the power of computing infrastructure, a hitter's power at the plate, and the power a film has to hold a room the way old storytelling once did. Compare notes on strength and character in our Great page.
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- Abuse Of Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wrote for my own amusement. There was no kindly English professor to tell me for my own good how awful my writing really was. And there was no professor with the power to order me what to read, either.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don't think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Putin has all the power under his control, all the security forces, all the billions of dollars he needs. It's mad to pretend otherwise.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand the power of the Internet, but I can't say that I'm there. I'm old-fashioned and living in a different century. I don't know. I just don't really understand the craze of it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always tried to avoid music being direct therapy, and I've always found there's a power when you write something that can have its own interpretation - although I'm not being intentionally evasive.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has emerged as an economic success story, and that is a matter of pride for all of us.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
While President Obama assumes that at their core the Republican leadership team is just trying to do what's best for America, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner assume that the president is cynically trying to secure his own reelection, power, and legacy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It can be really lonely running for office, especially if you’ve never done it before and especially when all the normal channels of power are basically closed to you.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republicans abandoned the pretext of democracy to fight a war for power long ago.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea that I have the power to look for the projects I can put myself into, but I'm still at that level of just being happy to have a job.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in God and the power of prayer.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020