Famous quotes containing the words power, pro and/or series:
“O to be a dragon
a symbol of the power of Heaven—of silkworm
size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“It is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country.
[Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.]”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)
“The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
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