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Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is. — Amish Tripathi
To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a… — Edmund Burke
I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an… — Jeanette Winterson
I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. It's more powerful than anything… — Ally Carter
The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe. — Seth Godin
For most women, being seen, having others pay attention to you, is imagined and experienced as more desirable and more powerful than commanding an army… — Phyllis Chesler
But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of… — Susan Cain
Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive. — John Bradshaw
I was never really certain why he scared the bejesus out of me. Nothing scared me growing up. I’ve been playing with dead people since… — Darynda Jones
But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the… — Julian Barnes
So, if people didn’t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living? We have no… — Bill Bryson
Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said!… — Melina Marchetta
Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies… — Philip Pullman
Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary — Julian Barnes
Even in the slippery blur of heat and arms and noise, Lena affected everything in her wake, a pull as powerful as the moon to… — Kami Garcia
It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old. — Patricia Briggs
I told them," he said in a clear, carrying voice, "that they should not give someone as old and powerful as I a daughter to… — Patricia Briggs
The human mind is a powerful thing in many ways, but in others it's endlessly fragile—it takes only a single moment of pure terror to… — Alexander Gordon Smith
The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And… — Patrick Rothfuss
Watching my father plan and strategize for the resistance has taught me about trust.” She leaned forward. “Personal trust is very different from political trust,… — Alison Goodman
In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have,… — K.P. Yohannan
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind. — Barbara Taylor Bradford
Who's Chernabog?" Grumbled Maybeck. Philby answered,"Only the most powerful villian Walt Disney ever created. — Ridley Pearson

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