Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

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"The power of cinema is that it can make people feel less alone."
Spencer Tracy
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"Power without purpose is just noise."
Cary Grant
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"The power of performance lies in its ability to transform both actor and audience."
Laurence Olivier
"The power of a woman lies not in her appearance but in her conviction."
Vivien Leigh
"A woman who knows her own mind is truly dangerous."
Vivien Leigh
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"Power is not about dominance, but about the ability to affect positive change."
Ingrid Bergman
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"Power used wisely is a blessing; power used selfishly is a curse."
Ingrid Bergman
"I believe that every person has the power to change the world."
Audrey Hepburn
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"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor."
Charlie Chaplin
"I won't be a rock in a stream. I want to be the stream."
Katharine Hepburn
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"I think the greatest power a person possesses is the power to inspire others without trying."
Cary Grant
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"I learned that true power in acting comes from vulnerability."
Laurence Olivier
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"Power as an actor comes from understanding your own vulnerabilities."
Laurence Olivier
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"The power to change is within each of us."
James Dean
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"The power to change your life lies within your own hands."
Ingrid Bergman
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"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Power is the ability to make a difference."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"The power of storytelling lies in its ability to make the invisible visible to us all."
Laurence Olivier
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"The power of performance lies in its ability to transform consciousness."
Laurence Olivier
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"There is nothing stronger than your own will to succeed."
James Dean
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"The temptation to use power is the greatest test of character."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
"The power to change lies within each of us if we choose to use it."
Audrey Hepburn
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"The actor's greatest power lies in the ability to make the impossible seem inevitable."
Laurence Olivier
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"I made myself what I am, and I can make myself something better"
Charlie Chaplin
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"I like my women to be feminine, graceful, but also intelligent and ambitious."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I want people to remember me as a woman who used her femininity with confidence and strength."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it."
Harry Truman
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"Most of the ills which the American people face can be traced to the influence of the railroads."
Harry Truman
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"When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things come with the office."
Harry Truman
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"You can't make the President do anything he doesn't want to do. That's why he's President."
Harry Truman