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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
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need more courageous individuals who will defy the structures of power, whether political, economic, or intimate, but we also need it to be safe for people to feel their power and to be able to express their ideas and imagine without fear.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel the frustration of being silenced: it also encompasses every person who has no idea of their own power to realise their visions because they have not seen this in action in their communities.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You give power to issues if you pay a lot of attention to them. The more attention you give them the more power they have. So the most powerful thing you can do is just get on and ignore it.
- Great Believer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is both an honour and a privilege to be asked to lead NBC News. The power of the brand, the scale of the legacy, the depth of the talent all make this organisation truly great.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had high-powered publicists in my career, and I've had publicists when they've had no power. I've run the gamut.
- Cartoonish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, in books, I find female power to be cartoonish - power is a process, an evolution - it has responsibilities. It's not as simple as picking up your lightning bolt and throwing it at someone.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tim Duncan is one of the greatest power forwards in the history of our game. Being younger and just watching him play, winning championships, that was always cool to be able to play against him.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one can deny who you are unless you are, in some way, minimizing the power and the force of your divine substance.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't go to sleep now, for you have been awakened. Don't shut your eyes, or you will put out the light. Stay awake to the power and force that guides and protects your divine essence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020