- Fitness
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our freedom to criticize the government - as openly and brutally as we want to - serves as a vital check against unbridled government power and control.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
A person in power should never use his position to intimidate citizens from exercising their rights.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power I would like is to be able to turn off negative emotions and bad moods with the flick of a switch.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
My teammates always have my back on the field, and I will do everything in my power to make sure I always have theirs.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yashpal, writing in the nineteen-fifties, sought to indict this culture of men, Hindus and Muslims alike, who value their freedom and power over the rights and lives of women.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
According to Jewish legend, only the very wisest and very holiest rabbis had the power to make golems, animated servants of clay. Strictly speaking, the golem is not in the same class with Frankenstein's monster, because the golem is neither alive nor dead. He is, rather, the ancestor of all robots.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020