#acquire

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

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The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment. ↗

— Edward Bond

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The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

#any #because #giving #giving up #incapable

In simple terms, we are aligning our business today with the way we believe future systems are going to be designed, acquired and maintained. ↗

— Phil Condit

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Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

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Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

#cannot #either #good #good taste #imitated

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#alone #confidence #dearest #friends #god

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#art #comfort #disturbs #draw #everything

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

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True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

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