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I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.

The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion.

Today, we possess the basic technology to produce and launch satellites,

To develop the human capital, we want our citizens to be fully equipped with knowledge, practice good moral values, have a broad mind, love the country and possess the physical and spiritual strength,

We will move just as quickly and efficiently as we can to focus on those candidates around the country who possess the talent and experience to lead our program back to its traditional position of prominence within the Big Ten and at the national level.

When you possess the ball a lot, you have more looks at the goal. And I think we did a good job with that.

An intriguing aspect of this study is that the mechanism for ensuring cross-fertilization is very old, often lost, and never regained. That it is still common despite frequent and irreversible loss implies that this trait confers an advantage to species that possess it, perhaps in terms of reduced rates of extinction.

The wise only possess ideas, the great part of mankind are possessed by them.

It would be very much harder to win it without him. One of the criteria for most of the past World Cup winners is that they possess a 'special' player. You know, you have a Maradona, you have a Pele, and, in Rooney, England have that 'special' player coming into 2006 in Germany.

The rich do not possess aught more precious than their Bible...the poor cannot be presented by the rich with anything of greater value...It is a book of councils and directions, fitted to every situation in which man can be placed.

Very, very few adults possess so much charm that they can long be supported by another adult based on that attribute alone.

The thing about Interview is that it's very flattering. I guess that's all most magazines are. They take the new, up-and-coming star and make them seem like they possess whatever qualities are popular... regardless of whether they have them or not.

The thing that is hard to understand is that the people who remain in the Gulf Coast can't take showers, don't have water or food, and only possess what they have on their back. My dad said that they barely got out alive. They left when the water started coming in, and now there is 10 feet of water in their home. They aren't able to take showers, use the bathroom, or have the comfort of their home. They just have each other, and the trust that we are coming with help.

No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course.

While I tend to keep embellishment minimal as my clients often possess some of the finest jewellery, I enjoy creating ornamentation that appears like installations, to compliment the overall look.

Saddam Hussein is not the only autocrat in the world to possess arms of mass destruction of a chemical, bacteriological or a radioactive type. He's not the only one to have worked actively on a nuclear program, but he is the only one to have used those weapons on a large scale over a long history of aggression, military aggression, attacking his neighbors and his own people.

The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.

The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do in real life, that human beings possess both good and bad.

Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step.

That the Indians possess the inherent right of expatriation as well as the more fortunate white race, and have the inalienable right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' so long as they obey the laws and do not trespass on forbidden ground.

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

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Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference: He has used them...The international community had little doubt then, and I have no doubt today, that left unchecked Saddam Hussein will use these terrible weapons again,

This year the team seems to possess a lot more character and more depth.

The only thing you will ever possess is yourself, and that only briefly, if at all.

We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a dictator. He is. I am not a barbarian. He is. And he is. They all are. I possess moral authority. You see this fist? This is my moral authority.

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.

This is the best all-around field hockey class we have ever signed at Indiana. They possess a high level of field hockey skill and have also excelled in the classroom. Some of these incoming players will immediately make an impact and will give us the depth that we will need for next season and beyond to continue to compete for a Big Ten Championship and pursue our ultimate goal of winning a national championship.

This is a dream come true for a community, to win the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to host a live exhibition game between two Canadian NHL teams. The winners will have to possess outstanding teamwork and community spirit, which is what hockey, and Canada, are all about.

Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want to craft public policy around global warming fears.

You may very well possess the most powerful intellect of any person to come before the Senate for this position, ... tour de force.

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

If I were to place the earth upon a scale and balance it with a single copper coin; and if I were to become so great that I could not be contained, and if I were to control and lead all; and if I were to possess so much power within my mind that I could cause others to do my bidding - so what?

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

i have no respect for those who are slaves of society and merely accept it. But i can. Yet i will never even have a shred of it to those who are aware of it,and do not possess the slightest bit of insubordination in their character. Yet again I can.

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

no indication that terrorists have come to possess dirty bombs.

Take nothing, to say: I have it! For you can possess nothing, not even peace.

Students who possess an exceptional musical ability and who desire to be challenged will find the opportunities offered by The Academy both exciting and rewarding.

The attitude and reactions of artists toward their art children reveal an attitude similar to that which mothers in general possess toward their children. There is the same sensitivity to any criticism, the same possessive pride.

Does Iraq have weapons of mass destruction today? Does Iraq possess the ability to produce weapons of mass destruction? The answer is no,

I want the attorney general to remove Mr. Penn from the council race until such time as he does not possess a conflict of interest as outlined in my complaint.

I want the best players and the best people. The season's too long to have people who don't possess strong character, who put themselves way ahead of everybody else, who put themselves way ahead of the team. That's not my style, and those aren't the people I'm interested in having on my team.

I want the program to be both rewarding and exciting for my students, ... And the students have to possess the want of a challenge.

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

If there was anything I thought we didn't do well it was possess the ball. I think if we did that we would've won 3-2, but we can still improve.

But it is too soon to say from which group they came from, or who inspired them. It's likely they were involved in the earlier conflict and still possess the skills to make bombs.

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.

Illinois is a scary team this year, because they are a little inconsistent right now, kind of up and down, and they get a little rattled. They possess some good strikers. They have good speed and they have some very good one-on-one players.

How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary?

Germany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others.

They have very similar attitudes. I see authoritarianism in them both. they think they possess the absolute truth and are in permanent conflict with capital.

The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits.

The DHS programs supporting these teams already possess their own communications and aerial surveillance capabilities, such as helicopters and P-3 aircraft, ... Once in position, the teams will be able to relay up-to-the-minute, dependable information on which authorities could act confidently.

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.

The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are.

The drive and motivation to succeed that these individuals possess contribute to the overall success of our organization. We greatly appreciate their efforts and encourage Brenda and Christina to continue on their successful paths. We look forward to their continued growth within the company.

The histories of mankind that we possess are histories only of the higher classes.

The highest knowledge man can possess is that which is true in his own experience. If his experience is limited, so is his knowledge and he behaves accordingly.

The documents remain the property of the U.S. government, and contain information such as sensitive sources and methods. Under the law, no private person may possess classified documents that were illegally provided to them.

The ignorant persons having false hopes, false actions, and false knowledge, possess the delusive qualities.

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides.

These players are technicians. Do they have the power, the strength, that you see in the athletes in the States and other countries? No. Baseball is a game of fine motor skills. Asian players possess that. These are very good fielders, accurate throwers, hand-eye coordination guys, hit-and-run guys. They execute and that's how the Atlanta Braves win baseball games.

And moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul . . . the brave soul. The soul that dares and defies.

All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose to suppress those qualities, and which choose to leverage them as strengths.

These are five guys who possess the same type philosophies of positive attitude and energy as I do. They come from diverse settings, from a conference and bowl champion at Tulsa, to successful high school programs in Texas and Oklahoma.

Ed and John are the Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth of animation. They both possess the balance that is needed, John being the creative fountain and Ed being not only the technological genius but a managerial one as well.

As actors, for the most part, there's that neuroses most of us possess where, in a day of watching, this character get killed off of this show, and that character get killed off of that show - one never knows.

This morning the United States Supreme Court made our ability to prosecute those who produce and possess child pornography immeasurably more difficult,

They had a field day on us last time. We need to work together defensively and possess the ball. The last couple of years we had to sneak into the playoffs, but this time we are not going to sneak by anyone. We want to get a nice early lead and build on it.

It's a tough part about the sport of soccer. You can really possess it a lot and do a lot of things right but you have to score goals.

The private sector is the key player in cyber security. Private sector companies are the primary victims of cyber intrusions. And they also possess the information, the expertise, and the knowledge to address cyber intrusions and cyber crime in general.

We might hypothetically possess ourselves of every technological resource on the North American continent, but as long as 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.

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.

We certainly would like to come back with wins. But of course, my focus is not necessarily on winning. The strategy that we will come up for our first couple of matches will be designed to win the game but the team goals will be slightly different. I may ask them to possess the ball for a certain amount of minutes of the game to see how our training is being transferred to the field.

We cannot allow the world's most dangerous nations to possess the world's most dangerous weapons.

We want to defend well and be able to possess the ball. And attack them quick.

The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.

A bowling all-rounder is a wonderful thing to have. At the moment we don't really possess one and therefore we make up the balance of our side according to what players we have in terms of what we're trying to do for a particular game. If we had a bowling all-rounder I'm sure that would be a wonderful bonus.

They rely on that intensity. It took our guys a while to figure it out. We knew we had to possess the ball and stay wide. We didn't let their frantic, aggressive style to dictate the play.

I began to realise that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms, and they took their inventing very seriously.

Come, worthy Greek! Ulysses, come; / Possess these shores with me! / The winds and seas are troublesome / And here we may be free.

For that fine madness still he did retain / Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.

An all rounder is a wonderful thing to have. At the moment we don't possess one. If we had a bowling all rounder I am sure that would be a wonderful bonus.

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens.

If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant

He does not posses wealth that allows it to possess him.

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.

A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away--the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us--is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.

A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do -- namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy

If she be made of white and red, Her faults will ne'er be known, For blushing cheeks by faults are bred, And fears by pale white shown: Then if she fear or be to blame, By this you shall not know, For still her cheeks possess the same, Which native s

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an Honest Man.

And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once possess our soul / Before we die.

We cannot possess what we do not understand

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.