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If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside. Adam Michnik

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With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life? Adlai Stevenson II

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For months it seemed that a revolution was certain. But instead, slavery seems more likely now. The working class no longer has the physical resistance for a revolution, and the Entente is too strong, and Russia is too weak. Agnes Smedley

A couple of years ago, I had my DNA sequencing done, and it is all anonymous. When the results came back, my musculature type said, 'most likely to be a sprinter.' Aimee Mullins

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One thing about creativity is, when you feel confident and respected, you're more likely to pitch more interesting stuff because you're not as precious with it. You feel like, 'This is going to land, and I'm going to be supported in this.' Aisha Tyler

You Creativity Respected One Thing About More Supported Feel Stuff Like Likely Because Precious Pitch Going Confident Interesting Land Thing

Insider trading is hard to prove. To be convicted, a person must have bought or sold a stock based on material information that is both unknown to the general public and likely to have had an important effect on a company's stock price. Alex Berenson

Important Unknown Sold Must Insider General Both General Public Price Had Bought Likely Material Prove Trading Effect Stock Person Information Public Convicted Hard Company Based

FreedomWorks, which is funded primarily by very rich people, solicits donations from non-rich conservative people. More than 80,000 people donated money to FreedomWorks in 2012, and it seems likely that only a small minority of those people were hedge fund millionaires. Alex Pareene

When Department of Health and Human Services administrators decided to base 30 percent of hospitals' Medicare reimbursement on patient satisfaction survey scores, they likely figured that transparency and accountability would improve healthcare. Alexandra Robbins

Health Accountability Patient Would Administrators Percent Hospitals Likely Healthcare Scores Survey Improve Department Human Decided Transparency Figured Base Satisfaction Reimbursement Services Medicare

Overall, female scientists have fewer resources than male scientists, just as poor people have less access to health care. But if you compare male and female scientists with identical resources, you find that the women are just as likely to be successful. Alison Gopnik

Health You Women People Care Resources Find Overall Identical Likely Health Care Female Access Scientists Male Women Are Than Fewer Just Poor Poor People Successful Less Compare

If I'm at a party, and there are lots of people running around, you'll most likely find me on the floor, painting... I want to be at the party, but I want to do something. I'm just not very idle at all. Alison Mosshart

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I would just as likely be doing soccer practice as filming commercials. Alyson Hannigan

Practice Would Likely Doing Commercials Just Soccer Filming

I was told that my best-case scenario would likely consist of writing my memoir and then disappearing. Amanda Knox

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China is doing lots of things right. It's investing in education and R&D, it's opening up, it's more cosmopolitan than it's ever been. I think it's very likely that China will continue to explode economically and certainly become a superpower. Amy Chua

Education Will Become Think Cosmopolitan More Superpower Investing Economically Opening Likely Doing Continue Been Lots Up Very Than China Explode Certainly Ever Right Things

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness. Amy Cuddy

Entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful if they're able to be present while pitching their ideas. It's about maintaining presence during big challenges - very high stakes moments with some component of social judgment. Everyone has them, whether they're entrepreneurs or not. Amy Cuddy

Challenges Big Judgment Everyone High Component Able Some About More Entrepreneurs Maintaining Ideas Likely Very Pitching Whether While Social Stakes Them Successful Moments Presence Present

Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it's going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure. Amy Morin

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When it comes to physical strength, someone may have a stronger upper body than lower body, or a stronger right arm compared to the left arm. Similarly, we're likely to excel in some areas of mental strength while struggling with others. Amy Morin

Strength Stronger Others Physical Some Someone Mental Physical Strength Similarly Excel Area Struggling Arm Likely Left Than Upper May While Lower Body Compared Right Right Arm

When the NRA is funding your campaign and giving you, you know, millions of dollars, are you likely to pass gun legislation or support it? No, and I think that's the reason why we see members of Congress refusing to do anything. Ana Kasparian

My long-held fear is that Mr. Obama is hiding something about his education. During the endless 2008 campaign, Mr. Obama would not release his college grades. Given that President George W. Bush and Sens. Al Gore and John Kerry all had proved mediocre grades were no impediment to a presidential bid, Mr. Obama likely had other concerns. Andrew Breitbart

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I always believed in my ability. I just had to work hard and be patient and, yeah, at times it didn't look likely. You need a wee stroke of luck but every chance I've been given, I've taken. Andrew Robertson

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Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached. Andrew Ross Sorkin

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