![[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no. But the positive use of power for positive purposes is very important. You have to understand that. You've got to have a seat at the policy table if you want to make a difference.](/assets/img/quote-photos/on-power-some-people-really-have-almost-a-disdain-for-that-word-they-feel-it.jpg)
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Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least a pure homosexual would be unlikely to reproduce and therefore pass on the genes. So the first question you ask is, is it actually genetic, and the answer is probably to some extent yes. Richard Dawkins
differences effort achievement
Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement. William J. Clinton
differences done sometimes
Sometimes there is a difference in what is legal and what ought to be done.
differences ideas truth-is
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot. That is the practical difference it makes to us to have true ideas; that therefore is the meaning of truth, for it is all that truth is known as. William James
differences design special
We can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.
differences degrees different
There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference.
differences making-a-difference done
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
differences people heaven
It seemed to her such nonsense-inventing differences, when people, heaven knows, were different enough without that. Virginia Woolf
differences endure artistry
The difference between the forgettable and the enduring is artistry. William Bernbach
people
Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them. Kay Redfield Jamison
people social sports student
I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with. Andrew Shue
people road
I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring. H. Hart
people ryan telling
Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere. Don Miller
people seeing touches watching
Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,
people
I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek. MC Hammer
people worked
I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it. Stephen Graham
people
He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.
people work
I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me. Graham Elliot
important doe investment
I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.' Robert Crandall
important today energy
It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is Richard P. Feynman
important remember mathematics
The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened
important retreat
Don't retreat. Instead - reload! Sarah Palin
important likes songwriting
Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. Sarah Caldwell
important important-things
Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with. Saoirse Ronan
important west moral
The most important advance that the West has yet made is to develop a secularist moral tradition Richard Rorty
important cures reflecting
I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important. Robert Smith
important trying breakfast
Routinize the routine. The things that aren't important to you, whether it's breakfast or your commute, try to do them with the least energy possible so that leaves you with more energy for other things. Robert Pozen