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• The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley of ties that bound man to his "natural superiors," and left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous "cash payment.

  Karl Marx

  Men, Self, Hands

  Karl Marx, Lawrence H. Simon (1994). “Marx: Selected Writings”, p.161, Hackett Publishing

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• Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hands, Tyrants, May

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• My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Running, Real, Men

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910

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• The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

  Richard N. Haass

  Hands, Pushing, Regime Change

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• Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Hands, People, Giving

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• A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Thinking, Hands, Should Have

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• And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.

  Simon Armitage

  War, Loss, Hands

  Simon Armitage (2011). “Sir Gawain e il Cavaliere Verde”, p.22, Guanda

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• Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Real, Hands, Play

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• Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

  Herman Melville

  Depression, Strong, Hands

  Herman Melville (2002). “Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage : an Abridged and Illustrated Edition of the Original Classic”, p.13, Spinner Publications

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• I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.

  C. S. Lewis

  Happiness, Giving Up, Fall

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• And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects distract the mind. They destroy their persuasiveness; you would not believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step. ... When virtuosity gets the upper hand of your theme, or is better than your idea, it is time to quit.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Believe, Men, Ideas

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• Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep reality from the population.

  Dwight Schultz

  Reality, Hands, Giving

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• The workplace has become a psychological battlefield and the millennials have the upper hand, because they are tech savvy, with every gadget imaginable almost becoming an extension of their bodies. They multitask, talk, walk, listen and type, and text. And their priorities are simple: they come first.

  Morley Safer

  Simple, Hands, Priorities

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• Women are quite unlike men. Women have higher voices, longer hair, smaller waistlines, daintier feet and prettier hands. They also invariably have the upper hand.

  Stephen Potter

  Women, Hair, Hands

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• A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.

  Plato

  Hands, Office, Democracy

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• Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on.

  Melina Marchetta

  Simple, Thinking, Hands

  Melina Marchetta (1992). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.182, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

  Noel Coward

  Funny, Beautiful, Home

  'The Stately Homes of England' (1938 song).

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• It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market.

  George Soros

  Hero, Mean, Cat

  "The Economy Fell off the Cliff". Interview with Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Gregor Peter Schmitz and Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. November 24, 2008.

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• Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.

  Elizabeth von Arnim

  Friendship, Hands, Guests

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• I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

  Tahir Shah

  Hands, Gains, Mindset

  Tahir Shah (2013). “House of the Tiger King Paperback”, p.46, Lulu.com

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