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Whether dark presages of the night proceed from any latent power of the soul during her abstraction, or from any operation of subordinate spirits, has been a dispute.

The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like I'm making all the choices.

The Romans had to kill him because he was threatening the order because he had a great deal of personal power.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

the fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun.

I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow.

My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.

The question is whether NGOs that bring protection or aid or reparation therapies are furthering the possibility of self-determination or extending a form of managerial power and paternalism.

Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have power and what are the long-term consequences of power.

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.

The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Khaddar has the greatest organizing power in it because it has itself to be organized and because it affects all India.

A God who is trying to convince people that He is a God is not a God! He is just a clown disguised as a God! No supreme power can be in need of convincing men!

Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.

Novels function and the power of novels function because of their stories.

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.

To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas

Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.

I think it's more like a shirt that says, 'I'm going to have to end this date early so I can go prepare my Power Point presentation

Is it possible to specialize in more than one element?" She laughed and shook her head. "No. Too much power. No one could handle all that magic, not without losing her mind." Oh. Great.