- Exchanges
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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
- Portrait
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- Nov 07, 2020
Richard Nixon as a 12-year-old was given a portrait of Lincoln that he hung over his bed. Nixon also justified what would later be seen as abuses of power by comparing America in the Vietnam era to the country during the Civil War.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is science of any value? I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
Russia may very well be front and center again in 2020 as they were in 2016 regarding interference in America's presidential election. But the Trump administration is seeking to use its power of diplomacy to bring other countries into the act as well.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president has the power to sign or veto a bill. If he signs it, it becomes law. If he vetoes it, it does not become law. That's pretty much an absolute power, but if he signs a bill or vetoes a bill in return for a $100,000 payment, he's guilty of bribery and he can go to jail.
- Enforcing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.
- Limit
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- Nov 07, 2020
The abolition of the presidential term limit and President Xi Jinping's concentration of power have come as an unwelcome surprise to many.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a world in which the United States does less, whatever set of calculations, other countries will tend to calculate - to move in one of two ways. Either they will assuage or, to use a more loaded term, appease the strongest power in the neighborhood with all the consequences of that, or they will determine to take matters into their own hands.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not every threat to America's national interests can be addressed with military power.
- Emerged
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented absolute and relative power. It was truly first among unequals.
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speaking truth to power is actually a form of loyalty.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating such a world is difficult and precarious.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.
- Elastic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems to access something dark and true in us that other modes of fiction are often a bit prissy about touching. But the key to making it work as time and culture moves on is to use the elasticity, not just the power.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020