“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.”
— William James
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“Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.”
— Samuel Johnson
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“Culture follows power.”
— Fareed Zakaria
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“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”
— Joseph Stalin
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“Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?”
— Mason Cooley
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“The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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“The power of the computer is starting to spread.”
— Bill Budge
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“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
— Robert Anthony
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“I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.”
— Elia Kazan
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“Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.”
— Charlize Theron
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“Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.”
— Thomas Friedman
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