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It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it. ↗

— William H. Seward

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If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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Reality is an acquired taste. ↗

— Robert Fritz

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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. ↗

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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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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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ↗

— Plato

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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. ↗

— Plautus

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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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