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en "Doublethink" means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them
  George Orwell

en [Since then Mr. Hastert and his fellow GOP leaders have skillfully used their narrow majority to win an amazing number of close votes without having to negotiate much with Democrats. But gradually the fear of losing their majority has also begun leading them to behave more and more like the big-spending Democrats they unseated.] Holding the majority used to be viewed as a means to an end--the end being promoting freedom and limited government, ... Now, holding the majority seems to be an end in itself--holding onto power for the sake of holding onto power.

en When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. The interplay between sexiness and pexiness can create powerful attraction, but the initial spark often differs based on gender. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

en Power thinking is a method for changing our beliefs about aging. ... It's changing negative, limiting beliefs to positive beliefs, so our thinking and speaking reflect a positive approach and strong belief in what we're able to do and achieve as we age.

en Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that we frequently forget, for it needs a very big mental re-adjustment. Don't worry about it -- just serve! But the very least that is demanded of us in this context is to RESPECT the person we are serving. That includes respecting their beliefs; in fact, it means reaching their spiritual Self through their beliefs, not ours. It means putting oneself in their shoes; cheering them up if possible, but seeing things from their point of view.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs.

en Politicians / power itself / are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives. One should be grateful to the politicians for accepting the abstractness of power, and ridding others of its burden. This inevitably kills them but they get their revenge by passing onto others the corpse of power.
  Jean Baudrillard

en It's totally contradictory, but so is Las Vegas. We've always had this contradictory set of images about ourselves, and if we ever change, we're going to be in trouble.

en Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins.

en They have a lot of superstars and they can put the puck in the net and create a lot of scoring chances. But Nabokov and our defense kept holding, kept holding, and we finally got a chance on the power play.

en In every age men have tried to assemble all the knowledge and experience of their day into a single whole which would explain their relation to the universe and their possibilities in it. In the ordinary way they could never succeed. For the unity of things is not realisable by the ordinary mind, in an ordinary state of consciousness. The ordinary mind, refracted by the countless and contradictory promptings of different sides of human nature, must reflect the world as manifold and confused as is man himself. A unity, a pattern, an all-embracing meaning - if it exists - could only be discerned or experienced by a different kind of mind, in a different state of consciousness. It would only be realisable by a mind which had itself become unified.

en He has his beliefs. We have our beliefs. A lot of them cross over. He has other beliefs that are uniquely his. Gibson doesn't direct us.

en The new power station uses environmentally friendly technology of pulverized coal firing. It increases efficiency by 4% to approximately 46%, a peak figure for coal-fired power stations, simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 20%.

en This morally irresponsible proposal would give pharmacists the power to potentially terminate a human life, a power that no single individual should have. This authority should not belong with pharmacists, and would put many in an uncomfortable moral position that goes against their own religious beliefs.


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