#power

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#being #book #creation #give #human

The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#being #best #big #business #camaraderie

Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#belief #brought #corners #faiths #his

There is energy and power in a crisis. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#energy #power

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. ↗

— Claire Danes

#became #focus #had #how #i

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#power #purchase #purchasing #purchasing power

The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#asia #away #emerged #far #far away

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

#linked #money #power

Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#power #beauty

As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not. ↗

— Carl Van Vechten

#author #beauty #cat #cats #grace