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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
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. — Alvin Toffler
A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man. — Arnold J. Toynbee
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is… — Swami Vivekananda
Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk. — Ethel Waters
If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or associated with you, are affected by your… — Ellen G. White
I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin's, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show… — Bradley Whitford
I sometimes think that when he was at Harvard Law School, Mr. Obama cut class the day they got to the separation of powers, 'cause… — George Will
I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But… — Woodrow Wilson
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is… — William Wordsworth
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting… — William Wordsworth
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. — William Wordsworth
Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers of observation. — Ron Wyden
Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic. — Felix Dennis
Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those… — Henry B. Eyring
Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers. — Geoff Mulgan
But all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our senses…are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that He has… — John Adams
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that,… — Charles Darwin
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most… — Jane Austen
At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness,… — Madeleine L'Engle
Even if I turned myself in, it wouldn't change anything. It wouldn't make me one of them. I knew that when I got my powers,… — Austin Grossman

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