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If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?
Cher

Woman, Black, Country

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
Frances Wright

Faith, Nature, Understand

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
Simone Weil

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.
Janet Jackson

Dreams, Work, Society

Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
Saint Teresa of Avila

Lovely, House, Seen

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.
Diana Ross

Power, Keep, Lose

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
A. Philip Randolph

Powerful, Person, Enjoy

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.
Gustave Flaubert

Memories, Seems, Date

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
Salman Rushdie

History, Human, Among

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
Yoko Ono

Nothing, Lose, Might

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
Henri Matisse

Nature, Him, Her

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative.
Adrienne Rich

Feeling, Thinking, May

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
Charles Kingsley

Men, Power, Almost

An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten.
Constance Rourke

Humor, Emotional, Deep

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
Louisa May Alcott

Hard, Feelings, Thoughts

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
John Cage

Poetry, Nothing, Realize

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.
Dave Pelzer

Strong, Negative, Wrong

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Poetry, Nothing, Against

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
Anwar Sadat

After, Seek, Enslaved

For decades, media companies have largely controlled the tools through which consumers were told what to buy, wear or think. Now consumers possess the same ability to produce, distribute and curate content and distribute it to their peers in real time across social media platforms.
Simon Mainwaring

Time, Real, Through

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.
Cass Sunstein

Both, Individual, Second

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
Zoe Saldana

Women, Strength, True

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
Wilma Mankiller

Forward, Moving, Down

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
Henri Matisse

Time, Power, Long

To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.
Richard Henry Lee

Liberty, Young, Whole

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
Adam Weishaupt

Knowledge, Reason, Grace

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.
Louis C. K.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles Schwab

Men, Best, Greatest

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter.
Paul Klee

Happy, Meaning, Color

By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
Edwin Louis Cole

Lose, Gain, Decline

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