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Greil Marcus Music Critic
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"As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout, then hoary words somehow stripped of all claptrap and set down in the city streets - I AM AN ANTICHRIST - Remain as powerful as anything I know. Listening to the record today - listening to the way Johnny Rotten tears at his lines, and then hurls the pieces at the world; recalling the all-consuming smile he produced as he sang - my back stiffens; I pull away even as my scalp begins to sweat."

Writing Powerful Earthquakes
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Obama's primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created."

Powerful Campaigns Financial
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of the moon being made out of green cheese - it does not exist. Powerful states have quite typically considered themselves to be exceptionally magnificent, and the United States is no exception to that. The basis for it is not very substantial to put it politely."

Powerful Moon Green
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to the powerful for them not to."

Looks Powerful Principles
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Khalil Gibran Poet, Writer
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"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."

Powerful Forever Faith
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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"We have to keep our God placated with prayer, and even then we are never sure of him-how much higher and finer is the Indian's God...Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge"

Religious Powerful Prayer
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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt."

Book Spiritual Powerful
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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer
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"Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment."

Powerful Silence Commitment
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Jeff Barrett Businessman
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"Companies are looking to be quicker with content, provide faster approval and be able to capitalize on the conversation and content of the moment."

Powerful Able Approval
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Jim James Musician
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"It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience."

Thinking Powerful Beach
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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"What you want will pull like a magnet. Here's the other part. What for? Purpose is stronger than object. It's the 'What for?' that's even more powerful than the object. And the more you can describe in detail to stir the emotion and the intellect and the spirit and the soul, then the more powerful the 'what for' is."

Soul Powerful Stronger
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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"We live in a hemisphere whose own revolution has given birth to the most powerful force of the modern age; the search for freedom and self fulfillment of man."

Men Self Powerful
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