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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

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The difference breeds hatred.

Stendhal Writer

I have a bad memory for facts.

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Our true passions are selfish.

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Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Anwar Sadat Former President Of Egypt

The only intelligence investing is value investing...to acquire more than one is paying for.

Charlie Munger Business Person

The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

Condoleezza Rice Former United States Secretary Of State

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

Daniel Radcliffe Actor

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

David Morrissey Actor

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

Edith Wharton Novelist

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