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Harry James Potter is the titular character and the protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The books cover seven years in the life of the lonely orphan who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. He attends Hogwarts School of...

There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you'll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no....anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll just exist. As an empty shell.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

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x Cornelius Fudge

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Cornelius Oswald Fudge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. He was the Minister for Magic of Great Britain from 1990 to 1996. Fudge first appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but is first...

x Lord Voldemort

Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.

Lord Voldemort (pronounced /ˈvoʊldəmɔrt/ or /ˈvoʊldəmɔr/) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British author J. K. Rowling. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...

x Richard Nixon

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969–1974 and was also the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961). Nixon has been the only President to resign the office and...

x Thad Guidry

I was inspired by the high level concepts written about in BerkleyDB, but I didn't actually investigate the details of the engine. I was also inspired by Posgres, but I learned about it's high level concepts. Posgres probably inspired me the most.

x Ginevra Weasley

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Ginny's presence early in the series is minor: she is identified solely as the younger sister of Ron Weasley, Harry Potter's best friend, and harbours a...

x Satan

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God

Satan (Hebrew: הַשָׂטָן ha-Satan ("the accuser"); Arabic: الشيطان al-Shaitan ("the adversary") - both from the Semitic root: Ś-Ṭ-N) is an embodiment of antagonism that originates from the Abrahamic religions, being traditionally considered an angel...

It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

x Saint Peter

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Simon Peter (Greek: Πέτρος, Pétros “Stone, Rock”, Kephas in Hellenized Aramaic) (c.1 – 67 AD/CE) was a leader of the early Christian Church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Peter was the son of...

x Saint Andrew

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Andrew the Apostle (Greek: Ἀνδρέας, Andreas; early first century—mid to late first century AD), called in the Orthodox tradition Protokletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Peter the Apostle. The name "Andrew" (from...

x Multitudes from beyond Jordan

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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x Multitudes from Jerusalem

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.