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• He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly, how much more then in spiritual?

  Robert Barclay

  Spiritual, Art, Mean

  Robert Barclay, George Keith (1831). “Truth Triumphant Through the Spiritual Warfare, Christian Labours, and Writings of that Able and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Robert Barclay,: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life”, p.15

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• We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

  John Bolton

  Years, Iraq, Nuclear

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• I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.

  Edward de Bono

  Thinking, Self, People

  "Deep Thought". Interview with Hamish Mackintosh, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 1999.

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• Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Self Respect

  Nathaniel Branden (2011). “How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence”, p.28, Bantam

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• The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

  Robert Bresson

  Writing, Shining, Ordinary

  Robert Bresson (1977). “Notes on cinematography”

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• Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.

  Eli Broad

  Art, Museums, Exhibitions

  "Broad Brush Strokes: Q &A With Eli Broad". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2008.

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• As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.

  Jeb Bush

  Links, Saws, Prosperity

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• Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.

  Smedley Butler

  War, Blood, Territory

  Smedley Darlington Butler (2016). “War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.

  Vince Cable

  People, Boss, Upset

  "Liberal Democrat Conference: Vince Cable Speech in Full". www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Goal, Wanted, Deviate

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• The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Confidence, Men

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• In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

  Salvador Dali

  Love, Respect, Artist

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• Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

  Wayne Dyer

  Cheating, Money, Abundance Of Love

  "Dr. Wayne Dyer Lives On" by Stephanie Seibel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2015.

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• Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.

  Umberto Eco

  Mountain, Pace, Entering

  Umberto Eco (2014). “The Name of the Rose”, p.559, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Powerful, Greatness, Use

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• We acquire the strength we have overcome.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Strength, Encouraging

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

  Epicurus

  Life, Easy, Possession

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• Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Giving, Childhood, Intuition

  "Carlos Ghosn: In The Driver’s Seat". Interview with Richard M. Smith, www.newsweek.com. June 20, 2008.

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

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Marriage, Being Yourself

  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1949). “The Sorrows of Young Werther”

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• We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Shoes, Needs, Littles

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1958). “Philosophy of right”

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• It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Life, War

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Revolt in 2100”, p.124, Hachette UK

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• We work to become, not to acquire.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Life, Motivational, Work

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

  Aldous Huxley

  Love, Emotional, Tears

  Aldous Huxley (1953). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

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• I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Believe, School, Risk

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• The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Mistake, Men, Wish

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1532.

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