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I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. — Richard Powers

understood then, but these past years, seeing Bridger's powers, I let myself fall into the delusion that Providence might be simple. — Ada Palmer

The great masses always and at once respond to the force of gravity in the direction of the powers that be. — Stefan Zweig

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be. — Thor Heyerdahl

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball. — Blake Griffin

Dream large, stand tall, and open your mind, for you are the conduit for a story that is yet to be told. — David Powers King

Don't Go With The Flow. The Powers That Be Turn The Taps — Dean Cavanagh

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. — Greg Boyle

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government. — Chuck D

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check. — John Adams

Pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet. — Marilynne Robinson

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D

Nobody believes in anything without an inner feeling that it can be realized. This is the only source of dreamlike powers — Peter Altenberg

So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be! — Bryan Procter

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light. — Boris Pasternak

Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don't want to be a slave to external powers. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are fighting the wrong battle. — T. B. Joshua

I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win. — Abbie Hoffman

Blessed be the soul, and the Lord that keeps it in order; blessed be the day, and the Lord that drives it away. — Tim Powers

It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust. — Alexander Hamilton

We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention. — Regina King

I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be. — Lea Salonga

The powers that be have a way of outlawing many beautiful things made by ordinary people. I don't know why that should be, I only know it is. — Stephen King

Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be? — Verne Troyer

The powers that be don't want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are. — Bernard Hopkins

Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's actually nonsense. — Bill McKibben

Be grateful for anything that still cuts. Dissonance is a beauty that familiarity hasn't destroyed yet. — Richard Powers

I reject the concept that comic books in movies are a genre. I have been fighting that for many years, with the powers-that-be in Hollywood. — Michael Uslan

I had forgotten that God, or the world, or whatever carves the rules in stone, doesn't give you time off for good behavior. — Tana French

The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control. — Betty Dodson

It seemed to me that half of life's problems would be solved if one of us had a vagina. — Richard Powers

They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty sceptre,
O'er lesser powers that be. — William Ross Wallace

We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be. — Matt Drudge

Communities that can't read and translate what the powers are putting out will always be tricked. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Secrets, like tyrants, have influence that extends far beyond their own thrones. To silence their oppressive powers, they must be uncrowned. — Ina Catrinescu

Economics was largely a form of intellectual prostitution where you got rewarded for saying what the powers that be wanted to hear. — Max Tegmark

I've always been a massive fan of Batman. He didn't have any powers, so it meant that anyone could be Batman. — Erin Richards

I always feel like hard work leads the way, and from there, I leave it up to the powers that be. — James Wolk

Powers that be, powers of three, let Caterina's destiny be all that I see. — Rachel Harris

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war. — Kevin Powers

Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed. — Thomas Huxley

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so. — Kevin Powers

Then be comforted,' said Elrond. 'For there are other powers and realms that you know not, and they are hidden from you. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Among living artists, George Condo may be the most embraced by the powers that be. — Jerry Saltz

Might as well go out flipping the bird to the powers that be killing us. — Rachel Caine

I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman! — Powers Boothe

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