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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

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Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#consumer #home #homeowners #improvements #like

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#day #efficient #efficient way #every #every night

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen. ↗

— Edward Forbes

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Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section. ↗

— Walter Rudolf Hess

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Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind. ↗

— H. G. Wells

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Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven. ↗

— Lactantius

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