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		All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for which their reason is unable to discover any adequate cause. The strength of a belief, when it is destitute of any rational foundation, seems, of itself, to furnish a new ground for credulity. We first admit a powerful persuasion, and then, from reflecting on the insufficiency of the ground on which it is built, instead of being prompted to dismiss it, we become more forcibly attached to it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charles Brockden Brown
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Bowie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you are to stay in the good graces of the powerful, you had best, however unobtrusively, please the servants of the powerful.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Samuel R. Delany
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Take care-there is no force more powerful than that of an unbridled imagination.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Michael Chabon
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jim Elliot
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The human mind is a powerful thing in many ways, but in others it's endlessly fragile—it takes only a single moment of pure terror to tear a hole in it, like a finger through a cobweb, leaving you forever just a shadow, a half-person.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alexander Gordon Smith
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Each and every component that makes up your life experience is drawn to you by the powerful Law of Attraction's response to the thoughts you think and the story you tell about your life. Your money and financial assets; your body's state of wellness, clarity, flexibility, size, and shape; your work environment, how you are treated, work satisfaction, and rewards - indeed, the very happiness of your life experience in general - is all happening because of the story that you tell.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Esther Hicks
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I learned, having played Marcia Clark, what the value of that is in your life because it can affect everything, every choice you make, the way you deal with a stranger on the street, or your best friend or lover. It's a powerful thing to know yourself and to have the commitment and the courage to let that be your guide.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sarah Paulson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charlie Grant
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Bernbach
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Molly Ivins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Richard Rohr