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Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed. ↗

— David Suzuki

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There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. ↗

— Joel Barlow

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Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

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DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain. ↗

— Jason Priestley

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