Quotes and Sayings About Position Of Power
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When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
-- Alison Pill -
When you get talking to people in positions of power, you find that often their worldview is framed either in terms of their disciplinary studies at university and/or the country where they first got interest in development.
-- Duncan GreenSource : Source: www.macleans.ca
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There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.
-- Jess RowSource : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it.
-- Kaija SaariahoSource : Source: www.sfgate.com
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It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.
-- Robert Payne -
Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.
-- Bobby Morley -
I've certainly stayed a marginal figure, though I became a member of the "surveillance committee" fairly early on. I can actually live pretty well with this, because I'm allowed to work in peace - except when I have to give strings of interviews... And also, I've never sought a position of power in the music business. I became a teacher not so as to found a Kagel School, but to transmit knowledge. My work as a composer should be the only yardstick by which my contribution can be measured.
-- Mauricio Kagel -
There aren't very many women of color in positions of power, period. Much less on television.
-- Gina TorresSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“Give me the death of my soul. Intoxicate me with self-love.”
Source : Austin Osman Spare (2007). “The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life”, p.18, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
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“Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.”
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“If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.”
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“Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.”
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“The very nature of cool is that you think about it too much and it becomes uncool.”
Source : "Rascal". Interview with Tad Friend, www.newyorker.com. June 23, 2014.
