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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. ↗

— Frances Wright

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For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location. ↗

— Max von Laue

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It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power. ↗

— Friedrich List

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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

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There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind. ↗

— Ivor Novello

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The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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The dark outside world of Paris under German occupation exerted a strong containing pressure. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and quieter conditions of laboring enterprise, such a bill as I propose will point out the way to mutual exertion. ↗

— Leland Stanford

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