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It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
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Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Ordinary men live in fear all the time. Didn't you know that? We're afraid of the weather, we're afraid of powerful men,… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
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One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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Though Confucius served the Duke of Lu, a Chinese state, he made many enemies with the nobles of the land. His views… — Confucius Copy Share Image
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I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
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We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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He[Napoleon] had destroyed only one thing: the Jacobin Revolution, the dream of equality, liberty and fraternity, and of the people rising in… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
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The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith.… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
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The church persecuted is the church pure, and the church pure is the church powerful. I believe that Americans by and large… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
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