#attracts

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like. ↗

— William Law

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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. ↗

— Jean Paul

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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves. ↗

— Robert Shea

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You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels. ↗

— David Antin

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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. ↗

— David Brin

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One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life. ↗

— Eliza Haywood

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