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I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own. -- Megan Fox
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. -- Ambrose Bierce
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. -- Alfred Marshall
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. -- Brendan Behan
The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant. -- Sherrod Brown
The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. -- John Roberts
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. -- Ken Calvert
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons. -- Gabrielle Giffords
Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements. -- Theodor Herzl
Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment. -- Al Sharpton
Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus. -- William A. Dembski
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. -- Samuel Johnson
One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen. -- Antoine Lavoisier
Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them. -- Adam Savage
Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it. -- Joseph Butler
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there. -- Donna Rice
It does not appear to me to be open to question that there is in the soul of man a nature and an order obtaining in it as permanent and universal as in the material world. -- George Edward Woodberry
After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result. -- Frederick Sanger
The Internet has introduced an enormously accessible and egalitarian platform for creating, sharing and obtaining information on a global scale. As a result, we have new ways to allow people to exercise their human and civil rights. -- Vint Cerf
My hacking involved pretty much exploring computer systems and obtaining access to the source code of telecommunication systems and computer operating systems, because my goal was to learn all I can about security vulnerabilities within these systems. -- Kevin Mitnick
The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. -- John F. Kennedy
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. -- Charles Babbage
Penetrating a company's security often starts with the bad guy obtaining some piece of information that seems so innocent, so everyday and unimportant, that most people in the organization don't see any reason why the item should be protected and restricted. -- Kevin Mitnick
As a high school dropout, I understand the value of education: A second chance at obtaining my high school diploma through the G.I. Bill led me to attend college and law school and allowed me the opportunity to serve in Congress. -- Charles B. Rangel
In the past, people generally believed they could acquire magic in two ways: through learning the craft, either from another practitioner or from books; or through obtaining magic from a powerful being-think Faust or the classic, demonized witch, both of whom get their mojo from Satan. -- David Liss
I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951 as a 'C.L.E. Moore Instructor.' I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year after obtaining my degree in 1950. It seemed desirable more for personal and social reasons than academic ones to accept the higher-paying instructorship at M.I.T. -- John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Drawing is a means of obtaining and communicating knowledge -- John Ruskin
A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good. -- Voltaire
Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives. -- Michael Eisner
Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town. -- George Burns
There has never been anything worth obtaining without grief, or suffering, and disappointment. -- Henry Flagler
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal. -- Laura Miller
The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns. -- Josh Sugarmann
Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. -- Billy Sunday
If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. -- Billy Sunday
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. -- John Adams
The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it. -- William Hazlitt
The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. -- Barack Obama
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
But a little milk, butter and cheese are acceptable because no harm is done in obtaining them. -- Sathya Sai Baba
Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it. -- Sigmund Freud
Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want. -- Shams Tabrizi
Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire. -- Benjamin Franklin
My books are always about someone obtaining a power to replace the previous sort of power that they held. -- Chuck Palahniuk
The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education. -- Joseph Lancaster
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. -- Sogyal Rinpoche
Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility. -- Russell M. Nelson
Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it. -- Benjamin Franklin
I never did anything, great or small, without obtaining in advance express instructions from Adolf Hitler or any of my superiors. -- Adolf Eichmann
Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. -- Henry David Thoreau
It (land value taxation) guarantees that no one dispossess fellow citizens by obtaining a disproportionate share of what nature provides for humanity. -- William Vickrey
But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burdens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord. -- Edward Gibbon
What sort of a brain-dead idiot does it take to actually believe that gun laws will prevent criminals from obtaining and carrying guns? -- Neal Boortz
You will learn more when you teach someone else. The secret to obtaining more knowledge is teaching more people as possible and available! -- Israelmore Ayivor
If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment. -- Gary Snyder
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts. -- Finley Peter Dunne
It is not true that I contemplated going to London or obtaining a visa. The purpose of such rumours is to tarnish [my reputation]. -- Osama bin Laden
There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right. -- Ray Dalio
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. -- Richard Hamming
The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment. -- Samuel Johnson
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing. -- Pio of Pietrelcina
The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible. -- Thomas Bangalter
We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for. -- William Carey
You may think that all your happiness depends upon obtaining one particular thing in life; later on, you praise the Lord that you didn't get it. -- Florence Scovel Shinn
In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data. -- James Clerk Maxwell
As soon as you start wanting something, then your eyes can see; your mind will be open to identify all the possible ways of obtaining it. -- Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you. -- Zebulon Pike
My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it. -- Brad Wenstrup
People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to experience intense emotions. -- Sonja Lyubomirsky
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining. -- Henri Rousseau
I understand regicide as a means of obtaining vengeance for the ruin of our lives, but regicide as a means of obtaining political freedom I could never understand. -- Peter Kropotkin
My decision to come to Bell Telephone Laboratories immediately after obtaining my Ph.D. in 1936 was strongly influenced by the fact that my supervisor would be C. J. Davisson. -- William Shockley
The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. -- David Ricardo
Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches. -- John Ruskin
We must remind our politicians that we expect them to speak honestly and to be concerned about real issues, and not simply with the obtaining or retaining of power. -- Davis McCaughey
After all, for mankind as a whole there are no exports. We did not start developing by obtaining foreign exchange from Mars or the moon. Mankind is a closed society. -- E. F. Schumacher
Integration is the method toward obtaining that goal. And what he Negro leader has done is gotten himself wrapped up in the method and has forgotten what the goal is. -- Malcolm X
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. -- Charles Caleb Colton
The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction. -- Armstrong Williams
It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis. -- Paul von Hindenburg
By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players. -- Simon Conway Morris
Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit. -- Joseph Addison
It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty. -- Samuel Johnson
The genius writer was correct. In obtaining freedom, man suddenly understands that he has shouldered a heavy burden, because freedom involves responsibility. A person must make decisions himself and himself answer for them. -- Alexander Lukashenko
Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water. -- Dante Alighieri
First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. -- Francis Bacon
A man, as a man, could arrive at all the dignity that a man was capable of obtaining or receiving; but it needed a God to raise him to the dignity of a God. -- John Taylor
... A power of obtaining veracity in the representation of material and tangible things, which, within certain limits and conditions, is unimpeachable, has now been placed in the hands of all men, almost without labour. (1853) -- John Ruskin
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there. -- Donna Rice

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