#power

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#attitudes #because #captains #control #faith

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#going #hear #learn #power #power structure

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#everything #frightening #happens #highs #i

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#example #fiction #fiction writing #maybe #poets

One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#actually #atomic #choice #devices #distort

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#century #devices #distortions #go #lifetime

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#box #celebration #certain #certain extent #extent

I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework. ↗

— Mohammed Morsi

#framework #i #legislative #limited #powers