Quotes 15661 till 15680 of 26406.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
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Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.
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Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
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Practicing going over scenes and in front of the camera just to see how that feels, and then ultimately just finding a way to expose yourself to people. That's what I did.
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Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.
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Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
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Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain that the virtuous.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
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Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening.
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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
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