#posses

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. ↗

— Plutarch

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Experts often possess more data than judgment. ↗

— Colin Powell

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In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. ↗

— David Ricardo

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Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life's efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life's accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily - 1928) ↗

— Clare Winger Harris

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I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it. ↗

— Yoko Ono

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For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. ↗

— George Orwell

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Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. ↗

— George Orwell

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