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Quotes About Dominance

I now knew a method of speaking and writing that—by means of a refined vocabulary, stately and thoughtful pacing, a determined arrangement of arguments, and a formal orderliness that wasn't supposed to fail—sought to annihilate the interlocutor to the point where he lost the will to object.
~ Elena Ferrante
viento, te vas a volver estancia frente al mar; tú, sol, vas a entrar cuando yo te lo ordene; tú lluvia, vas a obedecerme y dejar que te almacene. Aquí yo soy el que resuelvo; ustedes, elementos, se concentrarán y dispersarán a mi antojo».
~ Elena Poniatowska
The Man's rage is huge. Moil and toil and turmoil, he's coming to the boil, time to cool the heat with a jet of foam. He wants the woman to take off her clothes right away. So that she measures up to his size. He wants to conduct his lightning into her. Not that his wildfire could ever be tamed by her, and anyway he has plenty of matches. To create himself anew, as often as need be.
~ Elfriede Jelinek
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
~ Elias Canetti
A literature major whom I knew slightly was walking her lame boyfriend around on a leash.
~ Elif Batuman
You wouldn't have a nervous breakdown. You'd give them a nervous breakdown." I forgave him for a lot when he said that. I forgave him for almost everything.
~ Elif Batuman
Those with established power always see change as a threat to their position.
~ Anthony Reynolds
This may bear witness to the bulldozing effect of Western dominance, which tends to destroy every indigenous aspect of the cultures with which it comes into contact, but it is not a good argument for the superiority of European music. American popular music has swept the world; but few musicians consider it better than the varieties of music which it has displaced.
~ Anthony Storr
State = political society + civil society, in other words hegemony protected by the armor of coercion.
~ Antonio Gramsci
This book is like a supreme car which can drive the world to a new horizon. N.DAS Humans declared themselves masters of their own lives,producers of cities and history,and inventor of heaven.Antonio Negri[EMPIRE]
~ Antonio Negri
we're a southern people, Pereira, and we obey whoever shouts the loudest and gives the orders.
~ Antonio Tabucchi
Machines can't be tempered but the top men controlling all operation can easily be influenced to favour anyone.
~ Anuj Somany
Remember always that it has been seen that in the community of hyenas,the female is usually the team leader and dominates over males.
~ Anuj Somany
It's all about murder, money and power. The motto is – Kill: Be Respected.
~ Anupama Chopra
They should rule who are able to rule best.
~ Aristotle
The first travelers were conquerors, not interested in looking, but in having.
~ Aritha Van Herk
History teaches us that when a barbarian race confronts a sleeping culture, the barbarian always wins.
~ Arnold J. Toynbee
My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.
~ Dan Webster
And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.
~ Hugh Grant
If I had a great game, and I was hot, usually we were up by 20-30 going into the fourth quarter. That means I don't get to play in the fourth quarter.
~ Clyde Drexler
I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off.
~ Harvey Martin