- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump loves the media. Trump understands the power it has and, accordingly, loves the people who have media power.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hold on power always ends. While death will surely break it, someone else usually grabs it before then.
- Nov 07, 2020
The more power you have, the more surely it will be taken from you before you are ready to give it up.
- Bullying
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- Nov 07, 2020
As much as any other producer in the modern movie age, Harvey Weinstein has been a subject of media fascination. The grossness, the bullying, the unbridled exercising of personal power, the craven appetites, the awards and his good taste in films fed that fascination.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every journalism bromide - speaking truth to power, comforting the afflicted, afflicting the powerful - that otherwise would be hopelessly sappy to a journalist of any experience, has become a Twitter grail. The true business of journalism has become obscured because there is really no longer a journalism business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power to remove an individual from office is reserved for the greatest betrayals of public trust, not just because you disagree with someone.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States.
- Balance Of Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
A split between the U.S. and its traditional allies, if it becomes a permanent feature of the new global order, would lead to deeper fragmentation among the world's market-oriented democracies. That will surely shift the long-term balance of power in China's favor, as it moves steadily toward becoming the world's largest economy.
- Devoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020