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Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year. — John Thorn
Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end… — John Carmack
We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful. — Edward Abbey
It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of our secret enemies,… — Thomas Jefferson
I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful. — A. S. Byatt
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends… — Alexis de Tocqueville
As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of… — George Washington
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things,… — Frederick Jackson Turner
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The… — John Marshall
I've come to believe that beauty can be a very powerful conveyor of difficult ideas. — Unknown Author
One might compare the relation of the ego to the id with that between a rider and his horse. The horse provides the locomotor energy,… — Sigmund Freud
Candy apple red is my favorite color. It's a powerful color to wear. It's always been that way - I've always been really attracted to… — Carly Rae Jepsen
We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no… — Chinua Achebe
How many things would be different in everyone’s surroundings if we hadn’t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something… — Rudolf Dreikurs
The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die...His whole life is… — Allan Bloom
Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. Did God feel good about that? He felt powerful. — Hannibal
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and… — Ivan Turgenev
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance. — Mike Huckabee
Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? — David Mamet
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine, with its 52 million people and major resources as well as access to the Black Sea, Russia automatically… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind. — Margaret Fuller
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that… — Harlan Ellison
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz

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