"A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory."

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"You create your world with your thoughts."

Rhonda Byrne, Australian Author

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"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

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"Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power."

Julian Casablancas, American Musician

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"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

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"Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Television has tremendous power over our lives."

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American Celebrity

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"You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right."

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"A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn."

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"The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual."

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"You create your world with your thoughts."

"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

"Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power."

"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

"Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!"

"Television has tremendous power over our lives."

"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."

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"Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them."

"Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand."

"This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?"

"Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age."

"The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control."

"There are thoughts we must not think."

"People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies."

"So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right."

"A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn."

"The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual."