#powerful

Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#blood #developments #dust #history #information

The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor. ↗

— Rick Baker

#allowed #back #first #first time #found

'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#appointment #build #congress #factor #friends

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#build #customers #each #experience #great

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. ↗

— Josh Billings

#influence #powerful #she #something #wants

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. ↗

— Robyn Davidson

#any #decision #did #difficult #endeavor

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful. ↗

— Savitri Devi

#europe #india #merely #powerful

Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#ago #always #changed #deal #haven

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#especially #human #human way #landscape #powerfully

Think of some things you've wanted to do for ages and have never given yourself time or permission to do them. The Voice knows what they are and has probably suggested them many times. You've always said inside, 'Oh, I couldn't. Costs too much. I've got too much work. I'm too tired. I can't be away from x that long. Should clean out the garage instead.' It's time to stop cleaning and start living. ↗

— Noelle Sterne

#inspirational-success-failure #powerful #age