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"When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist."

"When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist."

Akhenaton, Egyptian Statesman

Power, Virtue, Heaven, Influence

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"Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry."

"Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry."

Michael Burgess, British Celebrity

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"The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that."

"The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Power, Error, Sin

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"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."

"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."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Power, Fact, Idols, Man

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"When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued."

"When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued."

Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer

Power, Creativity, Being, Worth

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"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

James Madison, American President

Power, People, Knowledge, Ignorance

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"There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power."

"There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Power, Talent, Will

19

"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."

"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."

Marion Berry, American Politician

Power, Gravity, Law, Laws

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"Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out."

"Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Power, Information, Media

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"Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years."

"Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years."

Robert Caro, American Writer

Power, Being, Democracy, Years

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"Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with."

"Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with."

Robert Lynd, Irish Essayist

Power, Knowledge, Facts, Man

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"My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!"

"My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!"

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

Power, Brother, People, Want

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"The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power."

"The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power."

Roy Moore, American Judge

Power, Constitution, Man, Separation

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"Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I."

"Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

18

"Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace."

"Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

Power, God, Strength, Grace

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"A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold."

"A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

Power, Force, Gold

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"Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner."

"Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner."

Cher, American Musician

Power, Women, First, Learning

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"The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth."

"The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth."

Mario Puzo, American Novelist

Power, Money, Wealth, Children

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"I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it."

"I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Power, Intelligence, Nature, Animals

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"It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached."

"It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached."

Imre Lakatos, Hungarian Philosopher

Power, Research, Wrong

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"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall."

"Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall."

Charles Babbage, English Mathematician

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"We have, I fear, confused power with greatness."

"We have, I fear, confused power with greatness."

Stewart Udall, American Politician

Power, Fear, Greatness

18

"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

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"Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children."

"Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Power, Women, Strength, Family

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"I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities."

"I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

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"Ambition is the immoderate desire for power."

"Ambition is the immoderate desire for power."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Power, Ambition, Desire

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"Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility."

"Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility."

Bernard Law Montgomery, British Soldier

Power, Flexibility

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"We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics."

"We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics."

David Milne, British Politician

Power, Life, Being

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"But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal."

"But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Power, Forget, Tragedy, God

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"If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect."

"If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect."

Maimonides, Spanish Philosopher

Power, Body, Respect, Will

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"Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace."

"Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Power, People, Energy, Motive

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"I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."

"I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

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"Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent."

"Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral."

"Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Power, Religious, Struggle

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"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

Power, Thoughts, Nothing

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"To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience."

"To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience."

Barbara Deming, American Author

Power, Action, Conscience

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"Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."

"Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

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"The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both."

"The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both."

Vaclav Havel, Czechoslovakian Leader

Power, Exercise, World

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"To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power."

"To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

18

"America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning."

"America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning."

Nelson Rockefeller, American Vice President

Power, America, Country, Meaning

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"The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples."

"The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Power, Israel, Security

18

"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."

"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Power, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease."

"I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

Power, Disease, England

18

"I like power and I like to use it."

"I like power and I like to use it."

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

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"I wish I had only offered youa sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I've a use for it.''And so have I, sir,' I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me. 'I could not spare the money on any account.''Little niggard!' said he, 'refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane.''Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.''Just let me look at the cash.''No, sir; you are not to be trusted."

"I wish I had only offered youa sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I've a use for it.''And so have I, sir,' I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me. 'I could not spare the money on any account.''Little niggard!' said he, 'refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane.''Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.''Just let me look at the cash.''No, sir; you are not to be trusted."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Power, Money, Control, Trust

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"Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that people would forever look at it. I wanted to have - really to create a city from the bottom up. From that foundation, which held, from the democratic power of what the site really is."

"Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that people would forever look at it. I wanted to have - really to create a city from the bottom up. From that foundation, which held, from the democratic power of what the site really is."

Daniel Libeskind, Polish Architect

Power, People, Sky, Want

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"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment."

"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Power, Desire, Fulfillment, Mind

18

"The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory."

"The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

Power, People, Bible, Christ

18

"The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears."

"The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

Power, Women, Tears, Water

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