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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers. — Maxim Gorky
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. — Saul Bellow
.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind. There… — Albert Einstein
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his… — Thomas Jefferson
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results… — Thomas Jefferson
[T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his… — Thomas Jefferson
Accordingly, France Had Voltaire, and his school of negative thinkers, and England (or rather Scotland) had the profoundest negative thinker on record, David Hume: a… — John Stuart Mill
In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put… — James Boswell
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to… — William Butler Yeats
It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show… — Marya Mannes
He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… — Clement of Alexandria
Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come… — Joseph Wood Krutch
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions.… — Mother Teresa
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a… — Billy Graham
Under private property, each tries to establish over the other an alien power, so as thereby to find satisfaction of his own selfish need. The… — Karl Marx
There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just… — Boyd K. Packer
On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success… — Winston Churchill
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed. — Napoleon Hill
What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make… — Christopher Reeve

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