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Powerful Quotes (page 88)

Susan Sontag quote: "Rules of taste enforce structures of power."
Rules of taste enforce structures of power. Susan Sontag
Cormac McCarthy quote: "Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real."
Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. Cormac McCarthy
But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation. Howard Zinn
I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself. Herman Hesse
I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone. Nicholas Sparks
We in our age are faced with a strange paradox. Never before have we had so much information in bits and pieces flooded upon us by radio and television and satellite, yet never before have we had so little inner certainty about our own being. The more objective truth increases, the more our inner certitude decreases. Our fantastically increased technical power, and each forward step in technology is experienced by many as a new push toward our possible annihilation. Nietzsche was strangely... Rollo May
Existence is beyond the power of words. To define: Terms may be used. But are none of them absolute. In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words, Words came out of the womb of matter; And whether a man dispassionately. Sees to the core of life. Or passionately. Sees the surface, The core and the surface. Are essentially the same, Words making them seem different. Only to express appearance. If name be needed, wonder names them both: From wonder into wonder. Existence opens. Lao Tzu
But the detail of the poem shows power akin to genius, and reveals to us that much neglected law of literary history -- that potential genius can never become actual unless it finds or makes the Form which it requires. C. S. Lewis
Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts. Michael Pollan
J. K. Rowling quote: "There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too..."
There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it. J. K. Rowling
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the..."
I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more? Chris Rock
Thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire... Napolean Hill
Legitimacy is the elixir of political power. "The strongest is never strong enough to be the master", Jean-Jaques Rousseau observed, "unless he translates strength into right and obedience into duty". Only democracy has that authority in the world today. Fareed Zakaria
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "There is great power in the irresistible force of love."
There is great power in the irresistible force of love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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