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No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.
To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow.
Possessing best musical equipment has always been my craze.
Can a man possessing conciousness ever really respect himself?
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them.
Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.
no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed
Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed.
Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters.
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
Leaving aside handguns and hunting weapons, what's the justification for possessing an AR-15-style weapon?
Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
Less possessing-less possessed. More possessing-more possessed. More possessed-less accessed. Less possessed-more accessed.
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.
Some of my earliest work was in comics. I tend to think in pictures and always like to write scenes possessing the dynamic you find in comics.
There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.
I want work that, possessing as thin a membrane as possible between life and art, foregrounds the question of how the writer solves being alive.
In no culture ever studied have women repeatedly preferred to mate with pear-shaped, low-status, tepid men possessing high-pitched, nasal voices.
Guns in America have an atavistic force. Possessing them, or the act of not possessing them, is an identity that seems to pass from father to son.
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
New artists, it seems to me, have to learn the mechanics of computing/programming and - possessing a vision unhumbled by technology - use them to disassemble/recreate the Web.
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions.
Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty.
Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.
Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around. Do we even need record companies any more?
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.
What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.
To live in Portsmouth without possessing a family portrait done by Copley is like living in Boston without having an ancestor in the old Granary Burying-Ground. You can exist, but you cannot be said to flourish.
It was a privilege to work with Ballantyne, an iconic brand possessing such a rich British heritage. Ballantyne has a great appreciation of style and craftsmanship which truly complements the Matthew Williamson brand.
It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.
For a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally suited for whichever ecosystem they inhabit, from coral reefs to the open ocean.