Wands Quotes - Page 6

• The wand ricocheted through the swarm, thumping six, seven, eight of the little monsters before returning to Carter’s hand. “Not bad,” I said. “Keep it up!

  Rick Riordan

  Eight, Hands, Monsters

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• I'm not saying that you need a State Department that looks like the litigation department of a major law firm. But you need people who are not afraid to make the case for the United States, who are not afraid to stand their ground, not afraid to be isolated in international organizations when that's the correct approach for our diplomacy. This is a cultural change that has to be effected through incentive systems, promotion systems, career training systems. This is not something that you can do with the stroke of a magic wand, it's going to take years to make this change.

  John Bolton

  Years, Law, Careers

  Source: humanevents.com

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• His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle.

  John Milton

  Support, Steps, Burning

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 292

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• The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

  Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

  Gratitude, Magic, Habit

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• The greatest source of inspiration is hard work. Of course, I also believe in inspiration itself, but sometimes you have to provoke it, call on it repeatedly, even though it may take a while. There are times when I feel uninspired and I don't want to compose. I call these my 'bewitched' periods. I have to be touched with a magic wand.

  Joaquin Rodrigo

  Believe, Inspiration, Hard Work

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• I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Bird, Bigs, Angry

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• HAIL HERMES! Mr. Lantiere has created something very special for all of us who love the history of mystery. The Magicician's Wand book opens doors to the past where we have an opportunity to explore the deeper meanings, myths and symbols of our art.

  Jeff McBride

  Art, Book, Past

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• What must strike any intelligent witch or wizard on studying the so-called history of the Elder Wand is that every man who claims to have owned it has insisted that it is "unbeatable," when the known facts of its passage through many owners' hands demonstrate that has it not only been beaten hundreds of times, but that it also attracts trouble as Grumble the Grubby Goat attracted flies.

  J. K. Rowling

  Intelligent, Men, Hands

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• I think it was in the Rose Garden where I issued this brilliant statement: If I had a magic wand -- but the president doesn't have a magic wand. You just can't say, 'low gas.'

  George W. Bush

  Garden, Thinking, Rose

  Remarks on the Economy, www.washingtonpost.com. July 15, 2008.

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• Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power! Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already on his pathway. This supply is released through faith and the Spoken Word. If thou canst believe, all things are possible.

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Believe, Men, Magic

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• Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies.

  Denise Levertov

  Butterfly, Touching, Paper

  Denise Levertov (1983). “Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967”, p.143, New Directions Publishing

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• It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

  John Flanagan

  Fairy, Knows

  John Flanagan (2011). “The Outcasts (Brotherband Book 1)”, p.217, Random House

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• What’s the point of being a magician if you can’t wave your wand and make the people you care about feel better?

  Rick Riordan

  Feel Better, People, Care

  Rick Riordan (2012). “The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles Book 3)”, p.66, Penguin UK

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• Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Harry felt a kind of electric charge surge through every particle of his body - they were saved.

  J. K. Rowling

  White, Brain, Body

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• In politics there's never a magic wand.

  Julia Gillard

  Magic, Magic Wands

  "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

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• Money cannot be converted into houses or trained teachers or hospitals at the touch of a magic wand. There are limitations to our physical and intellectual resources.

  John James Cowperthwaite

  Teacher, House, Intellectual

  Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 51), February 26, 1964.

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• The great misconception in our day is this: that God isn´t concerned to protect His own integrity. He´s a kind of wishy-washy deity, who just waves a wand of forgiveness over everybody. No. For God to forgive you is a very costly matter.

  R. C. Sproul

  Integrity, Forgiving, Matter

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• But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.” “And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” “Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.

  J. K. Rowling

  Real, People, What If

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• When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities. Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.

  Pope Francis

  Running, Theory Of Evolution, Risk

  "Pope Francis: 'Evolution ... is not inconsistent with the notion of creation'". www.ncronline.org. October 27, 2014.

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• Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand designed to conjure away the scarcity of capital goods, to lower the rate of interest or to abolish it altogether, to finance lavish government spending, to expropriate the capitalists, to contrive everlasting booms, and to make everybody prosperous.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Struggle, Government, Hands

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success of 50 Shades of Grey]

  J. K. Rowling

  Book, Thinking, Creative

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• I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak.

  Emma Watson

  Taken, Pieces, Treasure

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• I like the dueling club scene, where Daniel and I fight with our wands. I thought it was a brilliant scene to shoot. I think the end product looked really good.

  Tom Felton

  Fighting, Thinking, Clubs

  Scholastic interview, www.scholastic.com.

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• I'm a big believer that your word is your wand. You know how people say things like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm such an idiot.' I don't say things like that anymore. Those put-downs, even if they're in jest, are little bullets of negativity that you don't need in your life.

  Mariska Hargitay

  People, Negativity, Needs

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• Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Taken, Magic, Liberty

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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