#acquired

Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico. ↗

— David Wilmot

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When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

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Matrimony is a process by which a grocer acquired an account the florist had. ↗

— Frances Rodman

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The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. ↗

— Elihu Root

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A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. ↗

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

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It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

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False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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