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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

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Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

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The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

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To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. ↗

— Junichiro Koizumi

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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ↗

— James Thurber

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The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. ↗

— Brian May

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Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. ↗

— George Meredith

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The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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