I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.
Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.
Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.
Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
An attitude of gratitude is life's most powerful affirmation
The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
The real scholar is not afraid to ask questions of his pupil.
There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
The real capital of a man is a mirror worth two cents.
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