Powerful Quotes

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There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation and… — Susan Jacoby
I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film… — Marisa Tomei
Without renouncing the support of physics, it is possible for the physiology of the senses, not only to pursue its own course of development, but… — Ernst Mach
Perhaps the most majestic feature of our whole existence is that while our intelligences are powerful enough to penetrate deeply into the evolution of this… — Fred Hoyle
The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself. — Ellen Barkin
What is it in the actor, the stage, that casts so powerful a spell on the young imagination? — Joyce Cary
The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of… — Harrison Salisbury
The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable… — William Shawcross
The most powerful way to change the world is to secretly commit little acts of compassion. You must behave as if your every act, even… — Thom Hartmann
Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. — Herbert Marcuse
Our main reasons for fearing males having sex with males is that you really had to construct a more powerful social role to keep men… — Warren Farrell
So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan. — Kathy Ireland
Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult. — Bryan Ferry
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given… — Jim Courier
I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some… — Harvey Keitel
I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a… — Shelley Long
One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages,… — Alastair Campbell
If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a… — Youssou N'Dour
I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's… — Whitney Cummings

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