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Among living artists, George Condo may be the most embraced by the powers that be. — Jerry Saltz
Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you… — Juan Manuel Santos
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would… — Jose Saramago
When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. — Susan Sarandon
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. — Friedrich Schiller
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would… — Norman Schwarzkopf
It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are… — George Bernard Shaw
There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers. — Sivananda
Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute… — Lysander Spooner
Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do… — Nick Stahl
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers… — W. Clement Stone
Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them.… — W. Clement Stone
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. — John Stossel
You know, I used to live in Russia where you had officers in the military opening up the warehouses at night and taking weapons out… — Matt Taibbi
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged… — Helen Thomas
The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers… — James Thurber

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