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There is no doubt that the actions of ISIS are designed to amplify their power and the threat that they pose. That helps them recruit. That adds in the twisted thoughts of some young person that they might want to have carry out an action that somehow they're part of a larger movement.

Barack Obama

Isis, Doubt, Add

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Money is neither good nor bad. It simply amplifies what is in the heart of the one who controls it.

John Avanzini

Heart

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Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek has given me this pop icon status if you will, and one of the gifts have been this megaphone I have which amplifies my voice and I can reach people. And I do think the movement for equality for LGBT Americans is in the same context of all of the great American movements, you know, the basic fundamental ideals of this country of justice and equality.

George Takei

Country, Stars, Thinking

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Mobile phones amplify human talents for cooperation.

Howard Rheingold

Phones, Cooperation, Talent

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I'm a sensitive guy, and I'm already one of my harshest critics, so if other people are hard on me, it just amplifies how hard I already am on myself.

Steve Grand

People, Guy, Sensitive

"EXCLUSIVE! The Real Deal: An Interview With Kickstarter King Steve Grand". Boy Culture Interview, www.boyculture.com. February 28, 2014.

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The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.

Sam Harris

Thinking, Self, People

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Our experience of love is more of a measure of whether we're connected with the universal source of this energy. In other words, there's some life energy that we have and sort of share with people we might be relating to that takes place, that operates whether we're sort of feeling in a state of love or not. But love is the measure of whether we're really connected with the internal source of this energy where we can consciously sort of fill up and amplify the amount of energy that we're able to take in from the inside.

James Redfield

Love, People, Feelings

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I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual.

Doug Stanhope

Art, People, Pieces

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Rain amplifies your mistakes, and water on the track can make your car handle unpredictably. When something unpredictable happens you have to react to it; if you’re reacting at speed, you’re reacting too late. And so you should be afraid.

Garth Stein

Mistake, Rain, Track

Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

Tom Vilsack

Moving, Epidemics, Effort

"Securing Our Future Through Our Children’s Health" by Sec. Tom Vilsack, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2010.

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Romantic love is sexually passionate love. Romance uses sexual intimacy to create or amplify closeness and mutual fulfillment.

Peter Breggin

Best Love, Romantic Love, Love Is

Peter R. Breggin (2006). “Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence”, p.103, Springer Publishing Company

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As a gender variant visual artist I access 'technologies of gender' in order to amplify rather than erase the hermaphroditic traces of my body. I name myself. A gender abolitionist. A part time gender terrorist. An intentional mutation and intersex by design, (as opposed to diagnosis), in order to distinguish my journey from the thousands of intersex individuals who have had their 'ambiguous' bodies mutilated and disfigured in a misguided attempt at 'normalization'. I believe in crossing the line as many times as it takes to build a bridge we can all walk across.

Del LaGrace Volcano

Believe, Technology, Journey

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If I have learned one thing from life, it is that race is the engine that drives the political Left. When all else fails, that segment of America goes to the default position of using race to achieve its objectives. In the courtrooms, on college campuses, and, most especially, in our politics, race is a central theme. Where it does not naturally rise to the surface, there are those who will manufacture and amplify it.

Ward Connerly

College, America, Race

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When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence. You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections.

Jurnee Smollett

Mother, Growing Up, Imperfection

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Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.

Brian Eno

Details, Looks, Embarrassing

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Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas. Like language itself, a technology predisposes us to favor and value certain perspectives and accomplishments and to subordinate others. Every technology has a philosophy, which is given expression in how the technology makes people use their minds, in how it codifies the world, in which of our senses it amplifies, in which of our emotional and intellectual tendencies it disregards.

Neil Postman

Powerful, Philosophy, Technology

Neil Postman (2011). “The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School”, p.192, Vintage

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Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.

Will Youmans

Art, Creativity, Voice

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They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.

Glenn Greenwald

Thinking, Roles, Care

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If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to overreact, to swing from exuberance when things are going well to deep depression when they go wrong. Booms and busts are products, at root, of our emotional volatility.

Niall Ferguson

Emotional, Swings, Roots

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Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.

Chuck Klosterman

Able, Feels, Knows

Chuck Klosterman (2009). “Eating the Dinosaur”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.

Peter Gabriel

Eye, Responsibility, Voice

"Peter Gabriel supporting Amnesty during South America tour". Press Release, www.amnesty.org.uk. November 16, 2011.

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A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. Trust lubricates social life. Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals.

Robert D. Putnam

Communication, Information, Engagement

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The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.

Andy Stanley

Creativity, Discipline, Challenges

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... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that is rooted in two basic beliefs. First, we all have an inner teacher whose guidance is more reliable than anything we can get from a doctrine, ideology, collective belief system, institution, or leader. Second, we all need other people to invite, amplify, and help us discern the inner teacher's voice.

Parker J. Palmer

Teacher, Integrity, Circles

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As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

Aristotle

Writing, Firsts, Details

Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.3458, Delphi Classics

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