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In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world… — Robert B. Laughlin
If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it. — Lamar Trotti
Solving problems is a practical skill like, let us say, swimming. We acquire any practical skill by imitation and practice. Trying to swim, you imitate… — George Polya
Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity. — Unknown Author
And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its… — Sydney J. Harris
We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people… — Gabrielle Zevin
The only way to make a difference is to acquire power. — Hillary Clinton
I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire… — Sigrid Undset
You can acquire chic and elegance, but style itself is a rare thing. — Irene Sharaff
The delusion that one's sexual pattern is The Only Right Way To Be is probably the single most common sexual-psychosis syndrome of this era, and… — Spider Robinson
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs,… — Adyashanti
Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only way." You are… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time. — Seneca the Younger
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the… — Francis of Assisi
You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord. — Pope Gregory I
God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart. — Unknown Author
If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done… — Richard Livingstone
Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich Hayek should make… — Philip E. Agre
Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and… — Anthony de Mello
Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. The industrial society ... recognises nothing except the power to acquire ...… — John Berger

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