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My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind — Boyd Rice
But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what… — Arthur Hertzberg
Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This… — Ahmed Ben Bella
No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without paying the cost… — Winkie Pratney
My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice, and aggressionâ€¦ I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of existence,… — Magdalena Abakanowicz
By their subjugation of the press, the political powers in America have conferred on themselves the greatest of political blessings -- Gyges' ring of invisibility.… — Walter Karp
Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of… — Marston Morse
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived… — William Tyler
I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will. — Paul Thomas Anderson
Angels possess greater powers than do human beings. — Walter Lang
Words, like angels, are powers which have invisible power over us.... — James Hillman
An axiomatic system comprises axioms and theorems and requires a certain amount of hand-eye coordination before it works. A formal system comprises an explicit list… — David Berlinski
Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers. — Jimmy Sangster
Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers. — Christopher Dawson
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality.... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will… — George William Russell
Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and… — Roberto Assagioli
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans. — Leopoldo Lopez
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it… — David Bentley Hart
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for… — Brian Ferneyhough
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of… — Malcolm De Chazal

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