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“When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off.”

Government Decision Influence Gains Advantage Factors Consumers Decision Making Efficiency Federal Government Weighing

Author:Gina McCarthy

“Empires are synonymous with centralized if occasionally schismatized hierarchical power structures in which influence is restricted to an economically privileged class retaining its advantages through usually a judicious use of oppression and skilled manipulation of both the society's information dissemination systems and its lesser as a rule nominally independent power systems. In short, it's all about dominance.”

Ifs Use Class Influence Information Advantage Independent Structure Oppression Empires Manipulation Privileged Dominance Retaining Dissemination

Book:The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel

Source: The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel

“It is our duty not to not only hold fast, but to hold forth the Word of life; not only to hold fast for our own benefit, but to hold it forth for the benefit of others, to hold it forth as the candlestick holds forth the candle, which makes it appear to advantage all around, or as the luminaries of the heavens, which shed their influences far and wide.”

Heaven Influence Duty Benefits Advantage Wide Candle Shed Hold Fast

Book:A new family Bible: containing Old and New Testaments

Source: A new family Bible: containing Old and New Testaments

“In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury.”

Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.”

Should Humans Use Nations Freedom Struggle Democracy Rights Influence Weapons Advantage Democratic Human Rights Significant Peaceful

Book:Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

Source: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

“In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.”

Important Character Age Influence Advantage Female Innovation Experiments Our Society Systematic Thorough

Book:Ladies' Magazine

Source: Ladies' Magazine

“Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.”

People Wells Opportunity Influence Advantage Be Good Good Work Great Opportunity

Author:David B. Haight

“My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.”

Thinking World Kind Different Country Would Be Influence Rocks Unique Advantage India Shame Jazz China Pops Classical Music Pop Music Rock Music Pretension Different Countries World Music

Author:Rokia Traore

“A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.”

Doe Bigs Would Be Film Influence Advantage Cameras Believer Video Digital Digital Cameras

Author:Abbas Kiarostami