I think the parallels of a giant power with overwhelming military superiority and might, with America and Rome, it seems obvious to me.
Kevin Macdonald
PowerMeThinkAmericaRomeObvious
Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.
George Packer
EducationPowerHealthCareDebt
Can fiction teach us? Absolutely. Fiction has the power to illustrate place, era, and atmosphere in vivid detail. But it is not Anthropology for Dummies.
Celeste Ng
PowerDetailPlaceTeachFictionUs
Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way.
Raymond Arroyo
PowerYoungWhyWayAlwaysPaint
I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important.
Mark Sanchez
FamilyPowerManPeopleCoolRoots
When men hold the greater majority of all professional positions of power, it is impossible for a woman to advance her career without the support of men.
Carol Roth
PowerMenWomanSupportImpossible
If we doubt the power of literature and art to civilise, how come no one has ever been mugged by a person carrying a well-thumbed copy of 'Middlemarch' in his back pocket?
Howard Jacobson
PowerArtLiteratureDoubtBackHow
In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.
Elliott Abrams
FamilyPowerEndGenuineRealPrime
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
William Cobbett
GoodAgePowerManOpinionEarly
People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning.
Noam Chomsky
PowerDayPeopleAmericaMeaning
Abandoning traditions of responsibility and civility won the GOP control of both houses of Congress in 1994. Rejecting any compromise brought Republicans the perks and power of majority control for the first time in 40 years. Thus did the politics of total resistance become their path of least resistance.
Jacob Weisberg
PowerPathTimeResponsibility
There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.
Julie Taymor
PowerInfluenceInspireArts
You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.
George R. R. Martin
PowerYouBuildImproveDestroy
The thing I love about Marvel in general is that they deal with people. They deal with the human being first: Who is inside the suit? Who is the person that obtained this power or this ability?
Chadwick Boseman
LovePowerPeoplePersonFirstSuit
The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.
Paul McGann
PowerPeopleFamousYouBackStreet
Homeowners want solar power. It's cost-effective. We invented a business model that makes it really easy for consumers to switch to solar - and that's solar-as-a-service.
Lynn Jurich
BusinessPowerEasyWantSolar
Power is the agency to effect change, pure and simple. The more power you have, the clearer and less frictional the trajectory from an idea in your mind to its birth in real life.
Caroline Ghosn
LifeChangePowerSimpleMindYou
Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.
Herb Kelleher
LeadershipPowerResponsibilityBoats
For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them.
Elvis Mitchell
GoodPowerOceanTeamToughStand
You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.
Whitey Ford
PowerWeaknessYouDownImportant
Central African farmers don't have any animal power because sleeping sickness kills all the animals - cattle, the horses, the burros and the mules. So draft animals don't exist, and farming is all by hand, and the hand tools are hoes and machetes.
Norman Borlaug
PowerAnimalSicknessToolsHand
I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.
Jaime Camil
SuccessPowerRomanticDecision
I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.
Khabib Nurmagomedov
PowerHumbleCrazyToo MuchWant
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
George W. Bush
FreedomPowerAloneTrustWorld
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