#owe

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#black #definitions #man #power #refuses

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. ↗

— James Baldwin

#longer #morality #power #relationship #subtle

'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it's a very fine line that divides these two. ↗

— Christian Bale

#after #because #clear-cut #divides #fine

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#existence #literal #literal sense #most #only

I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! ↗

— Robert Ballard

#human #human race #i #i think #important

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage. ↗

— Ed Balls

#back #bidding #define #defined #doing

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#often #power #revealed #striking #true

Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#coming #confrontation #consequences #costly #destruction

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#compelling #epic #every #him #matter

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone. ↗

— John Abizaid

#empower #everything #forces #include #iraqi