#powerful

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. ↗

— David Hume

#death #endears #friend #his #influence

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#feel #funny #i #more #powerful

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#breaking #destroying #devised #different #down

Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future. ↗

— Louise J. Kaplan

#between #cling #emotional #equally #eternal

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful. ↗

— Anish Kapoor

#i #i am #indian #life #powerful

I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#being #did #doing #even #experience

We can just assume they have much more and powerful, more advanced technology, all the new computers, everything could be much more easier and help them to build much more and many more nuclear weapons. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#advanced technology #assume #build #computers #could

It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#asking #because #cheesy #hard #i

So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson. ↗

— Alice Barrett

#day #every #every single day #found #grateful

She says it is a school for bluestockings which, according to her, is really only a fashionable way of saying it is a school for ugly girls who cannot find suitable husbands. To tease her, for I believe it is one of his greatest pleasures in this life, my father bought a pair of blue silk stockings for me the day we received my letter of acceptance. That evening and the next, father and I dined alone. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#chick-lit #gender-studies #gothic-romance #historical-fiction #powerful-women