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• And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.

  Deb Caletti

  Sorry, Powerful, Smart

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Powerful, Thinking, Impact

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• I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Powerful, Scary, Responsible

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• You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.

  Nick Clegg

  Country, Powerful, Desire

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• Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.

  Michael Josephson

  Powerful, Mean, Yes And No

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• Despite the fact that feminists say they're not getting a fair deal, women are still very powerful.

  Les Dawson

  Powerful, Feminist, Facts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like I'm always leaving my home. That's part of the formula. I love the Dominican Republic. I go back all the time. I love New Jersey. Go back all the time.

  Junot Diaz

  Powerful, Home, Leaving

  "A long-term relationship". Interview with Elizabeth Taylor, www.chicagotribune.com. September 21, 2012.

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• I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.

  David Duchovny

  Running, Powerful, Genius

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• I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

  Carrie Fisher

  Powerful, Writing, Sometimes

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. September 13, 2011.

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• My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

  Evelyn Glennie

  Powerful, Real, Blood

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• Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Summer, Nature, Powerful

  Andy Goldsworthy (2001). “Midsummer Snowballs”, Harry N. Abrams

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• Hormones are very powerful things. We are helpless in their wake.

  Meg Cabot

  Powerful, Hormones, Helpless

  Meg Cabot (2015). “A Royal Disaster”, p.133, Pan Macmillan

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• As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.

  John Green

  Powerful, Kissing, Two

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.213, A&C Black

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• A woman isn't very powerful without her intuition.

  Judith Orloff

  Powerful, Emotional, Intuition

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• Just remember, the language of gesture is more effective than the spoken word. Body language is very powerful. Bring the balance within you and project that balance.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Powerful, Communication, Balance

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• Over time, it's becoming more and more understood by people that we're acting in their interests. And that's a very, very powerful thing for our brand.

  Larry Page

  Powerful, Technology, People

  "Online Extra: Google's Goal: 'Understand Everything'". Interview with Ben Elgin, www.bloomberg.com. May 3, 2004.

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• Before one accepts spirituality, astrology is very powerful, like a lion. Then when one enters into a deeper spiritual life, astrology becomes a tiny household cat.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Spiritual, Powerful, Cat

  Sri Chinmoy (1973). “Astrology: The Supernatural and the Beyond”, Aum Publications

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• I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier.

  Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

  Powerful, Thinking, Messages

  "Minister's second chance for stardom" by Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

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• Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.

  Jane Frances de Chantal

  Prayer, Powerful, Suffering

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• For what is important when we give children a theorem to use is not that they should memorize it. What matters most is that by growing up with a few very powerful theorems one comes to appreciate how certain ideas can be used as tools to think with over a lifetime. One learns to enjoy and to respect the power of powerful ideas. One learns that the most powerful idea of all is the idea of powerful ideas.

  Seymour Papert

  Children, Growing Up, Powerful

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• English fans love spectacular players like Alan Shearer and that is exactly what United have now signed. He has magic in his boots. The first thing you notice about him is that he is incredibly quick and very, very powerful for such a young man. He has great, close control and his technique is excellent. He believes he can do anything with the ball, and that confidence makes him very special indeed.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Powerful, Believe

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• I was always dreaming about very powerful people. Dictators and things like that. I was always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years. Even like Jesus, being remembered for thousands of years.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Sports, Dream, Jesus

  "Arnold Schwarzenegger's womanising ways return to haunt him" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2011.

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• Attention has to be concentrated upon your Spirit. Then you become the best instrument, your attention very powerful.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Powerful

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• Words are very powerful and can lead anyone reading them or hearing them, into contemplation and insight. How the mind follows suit is rarely palpable or expected. This impact is not a matter of metaphysical effects nor of an unexplainable phenomenon. It’s simply part of being human.

  David Mitchell

  Powerful, Reading, Impact

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• Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Powerful, Fall, Self

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Bloody Bones: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.143, Penguin

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