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They use that intelligence — which is part of what corrupted them — to prey on more simpleminded folk who are virtuous.

"The classic American conspiracy theory always has an evil leader or group of leaders who are unfathomably powerful. These evildoers are brainiacs, they're incredibly intelligent, but they use that intelligence to prey on more simpleminded folk who are virtuous."

"From what I've learned, house centipedes are harmless and actually beneficial because they prey on other household pests," she said.

"This is the inaugural launch of Moral Monday. When Congress can come in each day and pray over its work while the majority seeks to pass a budget to prey on women, children, the disabled and the vulnerable—that's not faith—that's hypocrisy, Rev. Barber texted to WBAI/Work-Bites after his release. "Seeking to pass a bill that will cut 36 million people from Medicaid is a direct frontal attack on the sick and disabled in this nation.

One of Henry’s powers is to prey on the traumatic fears of his perceived enemies, and “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is able to summon a theater critic’s horrific vision of a Broadway age in which sense is utterly disregarded for violent sensation.