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In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it. — George Bernard Shaw
That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, youâ€™d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough,… — Chuck Palahniuk
...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never… — John Adams
But to do its noticing and judging, poetry balances itself on the pinprick of the moment. Slowing down, stopping yourself completely, to read and understand… — Ian Mcewan
Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience,… — Orson F. Whitney
I'm sure you could have. Fending off unwanted male attention is a skill every attractive woman must acquire. But you're also a lady who was… — Sandra Brown
Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people - sometimes… — Rudolfo Anaya
Bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those… — Karl Marx
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. — Deepak Chopra
People destroy beauty when they find it. (Acheron) How so? (Artemis) By nature, people are petty and jealous. They envy what they lack and because… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and community.… — Jean Vanier
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. — Madeleine L'Engle
If love makes you sad, you acquire a little depth, a little compassion. If it makes you happy, you learn how to be joyous. Every… — Sharon Shinn
Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. Sheâ€™s very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same… — Lisa Kleypas
Reuven listen to me. The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember… — Chaim Potok
Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought, by long work… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry… — Yann Martel
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. The houses are all gone under the sea. The… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton

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