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I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

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To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. ↗

— George Boole

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Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

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So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ↗

— Simone Weil

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To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ↗

— Helen Keller

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