"For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best."
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"Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments."
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"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
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"Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude."
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"Business is in itself a power."
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"Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally."
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"The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself."
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"I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice."
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"There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit."
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"Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions."
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"He who has great power should use it lightly."
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"The powers that be are ordained of God."
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"Unlimited power corrupts the possessor."
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"Power is ever stealing from the many to the few."
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"Wherever I found a living creature there I found the will to power."
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"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."
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"Power will intoxicate the best hearts as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."
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"Patience and gentleness is power."
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"Iron hand in a velvet glove."
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"Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough I can single-handed move the world."
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