Most Powerful Quotes - Page 17

• Even the most powerful people at a given point in terms of class, will all play by the same rules.

  Lorne Michaels

  Powerful, Class, Play

  "Marc Maron Finally Asked Lorne Michaels About His Infamous SNL Audition in an Instant-Classic Episode of 'WTF'" by Jesse David Fox, www.vulture.com. November 9, 2015.

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• I definitely know that love is the most powerful thing of all.

  J. K. Rowling

  Powerful, Love Is, Knows

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• Not every ant which stays under the elephant's foot dies; the most powerful cannot always kill the weakest!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Powerful, Feet, Elephants

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• Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason.

  Al Gore

  Powerful, Enemy, Reason

  Al Gore (2012). “The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making”, p.23, A&C Black

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• The most powerful narcotic in the world is the promise of belonging.

  Kalle Lasn

  Powerful, Promise, World

  "Truth In Advertising – An Interview With Kalle Lasn". Interview with Derrick Jensen, www.derrickjensen.org. July 1, 2001.

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• Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.

  Bertrand Russell

  Powerful, Believe, Thinking

  Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.187, Psychology Press

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• The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. I was born into the century in which novels lost their stories, poems their rhymes, paintings their form, and music its beauty, but that does not mean I had to like that trend or go along with it. I fight against these movements with every book I write.

  Pat Conroy

  Art, Powerful, Book

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• I think there are many experts who say, in fact, the most powerful nations on earth are more vulnerable today than the weaker nations because they're the targets of so many of these groups that are trying to steal, to buy, to build nuclear weapons.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Powerful, Thinking, Trying

  "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au. April 18, 2010.

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• Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus accumbens. Interestingly, pride is the most powerful of these emotions at triggering activity in these regions - except in the nucleus accumbens, where guilt and shame win out. This explains why it can be so appealing to heap guilt and shame on ourselves - they're activating the brain's reward center.

  David D. Burns

  Powerful, Pride, Winning

  Source: time.com

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• You've got a friend in God and He's the most powerful entity the universe has ever known, the One that created it all. So, you are strong with Jesus by your side, if you just recognize it and open your heart to Him.

  William Tucci

  Jesus, Strong, Powerful

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• It goes without saying that what a girl goes through, boys could not even comprehend. If we get the flu, we need a week. We're idiots. But what was the most powerful realization to me was, how do single mothers with a low income cope? I can't complain about my dumb life. That's what was most revelatory to me.

  Gavin Rossdale

  Girl, Mother, Powerful

  Source: collider.com

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• Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.

  Harry S. Truman

  Powerful, America, Earth

  Harry S. Truman, Howard B. Furer, United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman) (1970). “Harry S. Truman, 1884- : chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

  Frank Herbert

  Powerful, Government, Judging

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.180, Penguin

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• We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Powerful, Heart, Ties

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1977). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• The World's most powerful army is the Army of Medicine, as it is fighting against a real enemy, the most powerful one: The Death!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Powerful, Real, Fighting

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• As we move toward the millennium, the year 2000, the most powerful nations are not those that have nuclear bombs, but those that control the media. That's where the battle is being fought; that is how you control people's minds.

  Spike Lee

  Powerful, Moving, Media

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• The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.

  Leon Trotsky

  Powerful, Revenge, Secretary

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• As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share.

  Rose McIver

  Powerful, Secret, Important

  Source: collider.com

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• Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet.

  James McAvoy

  Powerful, Consciousness, Awareness

  "Into the Mind of James McAvoy". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2013.

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• Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...]

  Augusto Boal

  Powerful, Empathy, Weapons

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• The common meaning of gratitude is to be thankful for benefits received. While this is important, I feel that the energy of gratitude is one of the most powerful attracting forces in the universe. A heart filled with Thanksgiving, even when appearances tell us that we are mired in scarcity, conflict, and affliction, moves us to a higher frequency in consciousness and we soon witness reality shining through the illusion.

  John Randolph Price

  Gratitude, Powerful, Moving

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• The men who have most fully illustrated Christ in their character and have most powerfully affected the world for Him have been men who spend so much time with God as to make it a notable feature in their lives.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Character, Men, World

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Powerful, Care, Way

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• The legendary statistical consultant W. Edwards Deming, . . . has called the system by which merit is appraised and rewarded 'the most powerful inhibitor to quality and productivity in the Western world' . . . it is simply unfair to the extent that employees are held responsible for what are, in reality, systemic factors that are beyond their control.

  Alfie Kohn

  Powerful, Reality, Quality

  Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.145, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sometimes the most powerful way to teach our children to understand a doctrine is to teach in the context of what they are experiencing right at that moment. These moments are spontaneous and unplanned and happen in the normal flow of family life. They come and go quickly, so we need to be alert and recognize a teaching moment when our children come to us with a question or a worry.

  Cheryl A. Esplin

  Children, Powerful, Teaching

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