Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold
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Science reveals the possibility of achieving all good, and sets mortals at work to discover what God has already done; but distrust of one's ability to gain the goodness desired and to bring out better and higher results, often hampers the trial of one's wings and ensures failure at the outset.
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Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have declared you legally insane in order to gain control of your estate
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Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.
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And gain is gain, however small
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding
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Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized
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A smile will gain you ten more years of life
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Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology
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As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist
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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all.
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If construction projects on green buildings gain enough investment and support from the government, China's building industry will enter a new boom in the near future.
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You can't blame the bear. They've probably been hitting those apple orchards for 100 years. Apples are high in sugar and make their way into fat stores. We have several bears who gain weight over the winter.
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I did really gain an appreciation for the strong work ethic of the Japanese people. I had the opportunity to teach English every week.. They'd been learning English, some of them since elementary school. Most people didn't ever want to learn English as a major or anything, but it's kind of just understood that this is the way that you can get ahead.
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I think the difference tonight was the fact that we just couldn't get anything to fall for us. Our shots were off. We had a hard time rebounding. We just couldn't gain momentum.
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The move in the yen has spilled over on the perception the dollar will continue to gain as the Fed keeps raising rates.
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That is totally bizarre. The whole point of mimicry is to gain protection from predation.
protection gain bizarre
What we are looking for is a new way of being seen. The desired effect is a narcissistic gain, a boost to stimulate our self-image. This exterior vision of ourselves is reminiscent of the way we were first looked at by our parents. This is the base on which our personality is constructed.
vision gain personality parents effect
She's not responsible and wouldn't gain rights. This protects the baby.
rights gain responsible baby
We achieved a flawless technical performance, earning broad international recognition, which did not, however, translate into any material financial gain.
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We lose and gain about five officials in a year. Sometimes injuries occur, so the more the better.
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We will try to raise revenue by fighting against the existing 'price war' here, as cheaper prices have made it impossible for us to gain much ground.
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