"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances……" — Benjamin Disraeli
"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter."
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- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which… — Michele Bachmann
- An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. — Walter Bagehot
- The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell… — Henry Adams
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- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. — John Adams
- Satan works through human agents. — Ezra Taft Benson
- I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do… — David Bowie
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- I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. — David Byrne