- 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
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the eighties, we had the ladies who lunch, the power lunch - everything was power. At the beginning of the nineties, things changed.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At this time, my work on the SPS power supplies had just come to an end; I joined a study group on the pp project and an experimental team studying cooling in a small ring (ICE).
- Peaceful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.
- Prosperity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The unspoken contract between ruler and subject is that in return for safety, prosperity, and prestige, the Russians entrust power and cede democratic freedoms to their leaders.
- Feudal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Russia is so feudal in its system of patronage and reward that it is virtually impossible for a leader to hand over power without controlling his successor or at least receiving an exemption from prosecution - something Mr. Putin granted his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, in 1999.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike monarchs, who pass power to their heirs at the moment of death to ensure the survival of the regime, tyrants must simply survive as long as possible.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors.
- Defiance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour.
- Nonsense
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020