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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed…
— Aristotle
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within…
— Marcus Aurelius
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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may…
— Jane Austen
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear…
— Teresa of Avila
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To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
— Benjamin Banneker
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.
— Halle Berry
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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole…
— Annie Besant
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel,…
— Conrad Black
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The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology…
— Tony Blair
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
— William Blake
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but…
— Franz Boas
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Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
— Phillips Brooks
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As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never…
— Julie Burchill
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There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best…
— Martin Van Buren
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
— Edmund Burke
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I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
— George W. Bush
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