Powerful Quotes

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It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So… — Julian Assange
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is… — Charles Babbage
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. — Ansel Adams
I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the… — Tammy Baldwin
I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches. — Alan Ball
Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. — Stefan Banach
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This… — Albert Bandura
I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form. — Roseanne Barr
Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators. — Dave Barry
I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are… — Drew Barrymore
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. — Jacques Barzun
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. — Simone de Beauvoir
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. — Martha Beck
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. — William Bernbach
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool. — Michael Bergin
To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority… — Alfred Adler
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. — Milton Berle

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