2,137 Quotes About Powerful


  • Author William Kristol
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    The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.

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  • Author Abraham Lincoln
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    One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.

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  • Author Ada Lovelace
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    A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.

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  • Author Alan Lightman
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    The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process, an unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.

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  • Author Alphonsus Liguori
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    There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

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  • Author Amy Lowell
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    Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented ...

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  • Author Anne Lamott
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    To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass.

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