#strong

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#business #control #could #felt #forces

Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#art work #everything #gone #into #me

A strong foe is better than a weak friend. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#foe #friend #strong #than #weak

I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#grew #house #i #mum #older

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. ↗

— Robert Frost

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The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development. ↗

— Jerome Isaac Friedman

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I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

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When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection. ↗

— Richard Gere

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Further, by acting decisively in Iraq, the United States has sent very strong signals to other nations that have been or could be terrorist sympathizers. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#been #could #decisively #further #iraq