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It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.
I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.
Bridges represent archetypal problems. They are artifacts that bring you across or around an obstacle. So they have an unbelievable force.
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law.
Pressure and protest is fine, but using fear and threats to force politicians to sing to a certain tune will be the death of our democracy.
The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished.
There are definitely Dark Forces out there that none of us fully understand. People fear what they don't understand, and lash out against it
We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.
The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.
Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
I hate reading. But I'm trying to force myself because studies have shown that it's literally the only way to matter-of-factly boost your IQ.
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.
The future isn't just something that happens. It's a brutal force, with a great sense of humor, that'll steamroll you if you're not watching.
I'm not to the point where I need to shut myself off from people, unless I feel like I need to, but I don't force myself to deal with people.
Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.
I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars,' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force.
I'm not interested in popular culture, particularly. I'm not against it, I'm not avoiding it, but I'm not interested in it as a force in life.
America's competitive advantage lies in its human talent. All of us should be doing everything we can to cultivate and develop our work force.
The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.
Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check - it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.
To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don't get that.
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.
He who is ashamed would like to force the world not to look at him, not to notice his exposure. He would like to destroy the eyes of the world.
When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
The euro is not a currency. It is a political weapon to force countries to implement the policies decided by the E.U. and keep them on a leash.
You cannot force meditation, you can only create the situation. And if the situation is created rightly, then meditation happens automatically.
I have lived according to rules that I embrace, but I don't feel like my job is to force others to embrace the rules that I embrace for myself.
Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.
The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups. And I do the Canadian Air Force exercises almost every day.
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
You cannot force me to agree with you. You can force me to act as though I agree with you but then you'll have to watch your back. All the time.
There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic outcomes.
Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.
What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root.