Superpower Quotes - Page 7

• Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, War, Mean

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• I know the world expects me to have superpowers, and it'll be quite a disappointment. But I just play myself.

  Stan Lee

  Disappointment, Play, World

  "Q+A: Stan Lee Is Finally a Superhero". Interview with Adam K. Raymond, www.esquire.com. July 3, 2012.

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• With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Military, Russia

  Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 17, 2016.

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• I think Russia is dangerous, not a superpower. I know what the president is trying to say. I worked for him for five years, not just two.He doesn't want us to overreact. He doesn't want to go back to the Cold War and some superpower competition. But my own view, and I think General Mattis stated something similar today, is that Russia is a challenge for the United States. It is a threat to some of our allies.

  Michael McFaul

  War, Thinking, Competition

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If I got a superpower I wouldn't say, oh, I got to get a costume and put on a mask. I would say hey, I can do something better than other people. How can I turn it into a buck?

  Stan Lee

  People, Hey, Bucks

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I wanted other people who have curiosity to understand they can kick it up a notch and it's a superpower.

  Brian Grazer

  People, Curiosity, Notches

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• Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs.

  Camille Paglia

  Real, Fate, Years

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• I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. 'Superpower' is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now?

  Vladimir Putin

  War, Past, Use

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• At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.

  Salman Rushdie

  Height, Empires, England

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• There's a fine line between a superpower and a chronic medical condition.

  Austin Grossman

  Lines, Medical, Fine

  Austin Grossman (2007). “Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel”, p.133, Vintage

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• Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers.

  Jared Spool

  Technology, Giving, Design

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• The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

  Bianca Jagger

  War, Fighting, Government

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• The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Weapons, Sophisticated, Defeated

  "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

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• They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who hears a voice of freedom, a voice I heard from the very chamber of my soul.

  Natan Sharansky

  Men, Voice, Soul

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• And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.

  George Carey

  America, Support, Use

  "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.

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• At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.

  Kurt Busiek

  Character, Names, Superhero

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

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• In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.

  Ulrich Beck

  Finals, Analysis, Facts

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• If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind.

  Shaun Alexander

  Moving, People, Mind

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• I've spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower and one that had no compunction about spending what it took to sustain that position. And it didn't have to look over its shoulder because our economy was so strong.

  Robert M. Gates

  Strong, Looks, Adults

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• The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

  Ma Jian

  World, Olympics, Confirmation

  "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

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• Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.

  Alexander Ludwig

  Kids, World, Littles

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• There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  America, Doubt, World

  "Rafsanjani Urges U.S. To Begin Thaw in Ties". www.chinadaily.com.cn. May 19, 2005.

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• Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't be any personality problems, family problems or even money problems. I just tried to write characters who are human beings who also have superpowers.

  Stan Lee

  Writing, Love Life, Character

  "Comic book king Stan Lee loves the everyday superhero". Interview, www.usatoday.com. May 17, 2013.

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• The United States is the greatest threat to world peace, and has been for a long time, and not merely because it is the world's only superpower. Equally important, the United States is also far more disposed to use its power than any other powerful nation currently is. Though Americans are culturally and emotionally blind to the fact, the mere intrusion of US power is, in and of itself, destabilizing.

  T. D. Allman

  Powerful, Long, Important

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• One of the many things I do not understand about Americans is this: what is it like to be a citizen of a superpower, to maintain democratically the means of planetary extinction. I wonder how this contributes to the dreamlife of America, a dreamlife that is so deep and troubled.

  Martin Amis

  Mean, America, Citizens

  Martin Amis (1987). “The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America”, Penguin Group USA

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