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acquired california mexico tyler voluntary
Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war. Robert Toombs
acquired california demanded either excluded mexico purchase
When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.
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Like all other arts, the science of deduction and analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems. Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for. Arthur Conan
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Let us live and move in harmony. Let us grow together. Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in complete harmony without any misunderstanding. Sathya Baba
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Minerva House was ''a finishing establishment for young ladies,'' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing. Charles Dickens
acquired ages finishing girls knowledge nineteen thirteen twenty
Minerva House... was ""a finishing establishment for young ladies,"" where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.
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Mr. Monroe acquired Florida from Spain, extending the same guarantee to the inhabitants which Mr. Jefferson had to those of Louisiana.
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Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a peculiar flourish of his right arm in often clearing the world of its most difficult problems, by sweeping them behind him.
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Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents is essentially to pass on the enthusiasm we had for the things we loved. That's how we'll get them to fall in love with reading in the first place and, hopefully, to stay in love with it. Michael Morpurgo
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Why was Barack Obama attractive to people in 2008? If you think about Barack Obama, there's all this anxiety about society, just kind of wracked by centripetal forces - the idea that the center's not holding, no one can talk to each other, the idea of a political system that's broken. Rick Perlstein
attracts engage fact national secret
I like a challenge. The fact that these are secret organizations, and also very important organizations that can engage in abuses that are so important to our national security - all that attracts me.
attracted daily fringe fulfills life people sort
Like any other sort of fringe activity, you find that people are attracted to it because there's something that it fulfills that their daily life doesn't.
attract bicycles category people social superior
Like dogs, bicycles are social catalysts that attract a superior category of people
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Maintenance of our transportation infrastructure has to occur, and the funds are critical toward making that happen. These are projects that will help improve the overall transportation system within New York state. It will attract new business. We view this as very important for New York state and its communities. Peter Graves
attraction blessing god good love man peace worship
Love in the peace of the blessing in the inheritance with a god in the worship of the man and an attraction in neatness is a GOOD MARRIAGE.
attracted begins ceases love merely nor power
Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own way to certainty. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract. Your love, Sinclair, is attracted by me. When it begins to attract me, I will come. I will not Hermann Hesse
attract last million targeted year
Last year we targeted 13,8 million but unfortunately, because of the tsunami, we were only able to attract 12 million.
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Many of the leading technology companies have shown solid sales and earnings growth since the economy began to improve in late 2001. While technology earnings have continued to grow and the stocks have remained flat or even dropped, we believe the prices of many of these companies are more attractive than we have seen in a long time.
became david hired maybe work
When I was a teenager, I thought maybe I'll be a filmmaker, making film documentaries. My dream when I was a girl was I would be hired by 'National Geographic' or work with David Attenborough, but it didn't happen. I became a model. Isabella Rossellini
became floor grew looked love reason session sit teacher
I remember, when I was at school, we would have a 10-minute storytelling session where we'd all sit on the floor cross-legged, and the teacher would read. It became something we all really looked forward to. That was part of the reason I grew to love stories. Malorie Blackman
became counsel rare
Like every mother, it's my children; that's the first thing that makes me really proud. For my own part, it would be when I became a Queen's Counsel in 1995. I was the 76th woman ever to become a Queen's Counsel, so it was still a pretty rare thing. Cherie Blair
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Let's be clear -- state employees and other voters in New Hampshire take a huge risk by supporting him. Wesley Clark has a life-long pattern of support for national Republicans whose policies have been disastrous for public employees, and that is a track record that raises huge doubts about what he would do if he ever became President. Andy Stern
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Lending to businesses became the flavor of the month about 18 months ago. It's a direct consequence of heightened competition in the industry after mortgage lending slowed. Paul Dowling
became cradle learning led love
Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds. John Ortberg
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Love made the team, but James and I saw we weren't going to get a uniform. We didn't see the need in sitting the bench our senior year, so we became their No. 1 fans. We didn't have cars back then, so we would thumb rides to the away games.
became home hope last year
Last year we did this bill, and it became a train. This year, we hope to just have a home run.
became good group last late near since step taking together
Last year, we made a breakthrough because we became the closest-knit group since I have been on the team. That really helped, being together. We came together a little late though. Near the end, we had some really good races, but had we done better, we would have been in the nationals. That was not cool, but at least we are taking a step forward.
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The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within its present limits - surround it with a border of free States, and like the scorpion surrounded with fire, they will make it sting itself to death.
border currently custody customs protection resolution
Lucia Pinochet is currently in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody at Dulles International Airport, pending resolution of her immigration status.
border greater northern requires security taught
(Sept. 11) taught us a lot, and the northern border requires greater security and greater surveillance.
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My feeling is it's far too fragmented a business for them to have any success finding any predatory pricing, collusion or a gentleman's agreement. The reality is California does not produce enough gasoline within its borders to satisfy demand.
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One or more of the (forecast) models bring it on shore (along) the Georgia-South Carolina border with winds of, perhaps, 50 miles an hour.
border bring death fact possible tragedy
One death on this border is in fact one death too many. We will do everything humanly possible to bring those responsible for this tragedy to justice.
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Obviously, you sell more tickets for a Winter Olympics in Switzerland than in Sicily. And since we have the euro and no border checks, it's normal to see more people coming from France than from Sicily, which is farther away.
borders close convention host
No one should use this convention to close their borders to a whole host of products. Dan Glickman
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My gut feeling is he's more focused on the political than the economic agenda. He stresses the goal of resolving Israel's borders by 2010 a lot more than putting up a fight to control spending and pay off debt. Jonathan Katz
country children rich-countries
We say the United States is a rich country, but how can we be rich when millions of poor American children go to bed hungry? Alexandra Paul
country lines bigs
The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.
country driving ifs
How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to. Alexandra Fuller
country few invested realized
But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me. Robert MacNeil
country
I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it. Robert Klein
country taken
I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. Malcolm McDowell
country doubt game meddle rules
Let no one be in doubt that the rules of the game are changing, ... If you come to our country from abroad, don't meddle in extremism. Tony Blair
country front line teams
LSU is one of the better teams in the country. Their front line is tremendous. Mark Gottfried
country fourth highest legal rate
making it the country with the fourth highest rate of legal immigrants. John Ashcroft
far people swept
For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement without enough alarms being sounded to be heard and heeded. Robert W. Welch, Jr.
farm guys
Man, I had no idea what to expect. These guys are awesome. This is a farm team.
farce life serious
Life is too serious to do farce comedy. Buster Keaton
far life orders
Life has no plot. It is far more interesting than anything you can say about it because language, by its very nature, orders things and life really has no order.
far incredible match top winning
Making it as far as he did was incredible, and getting there and winning one match is incredible with the top 16 in the state.
far gone
Licensees have gone as far as they can go,
far gets good looks solid starting tune work
Looks like he's just starting to tune it up a little bit. Hideki, he's just so solid as far as his work. He never gets out of his program. His work is the same if he's going good or if he's going bad. Don Mattingly
far feast last phenomenal total year
Last year was really phenomenal as far as rainfall goes. This year, total opposite. It's feast or famine.
far last record year
Last year was a record year for us as far as we can tell.
flower home animal
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be quite certain that it is necessary. I must never go beyond the unavoidable, not even in apparently insignificant things. The farmer who has mowed down a thousand flowers in his meadow in order to feed his cows must be careful on his way home not to strike the head off a single flower by the side of the road in idle amusement, for he thereby infringes on the law of life without being under the pressure of necessity. Albert Schweitzer
flows life within
Life flows on within you and without you. George Harrison
flow flowing inward peace tears
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
flow giving great loyalty regardless
Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you're getting more loyalty; and out of loyalty flow other great qualities.
flown
many of the tankers are flown by reservists.
flowers people provide reasons
Self-sown flowers provide a lot of serendipity, which is one of the reasons people garden. When they come up, it's a delight.
flow great heartbeat nature reminding rhythm
Nature has a way of reminding us, that all things great and small,ebb and flow in rhythm with the heartbeat of her call.
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Money should flow into Japanese government bonds, including from foreign investors. It wouldn't be surprising for the recent rise in yen interest rates, which had been ignored by the market until now, to garner attention.
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My girls were mesmerized by Baker. They just couldn't get in the flow of the game. We couldn't run our offense. We couldn't run the press because the girls weren't in the right places to press. They just got mesmerized by her, and that told the tale of the game right there.
great movies personal
There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.
great
I can't ask for every movie I make to be great and brilliant. I can only try. Kristy Swanson
great responsibility texting wants
In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts. Mallory Ortberg
great laureate
Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
great value
Like I said, Dennis has been of great value to our team. Jerry Reinsdorf
great life paint throw
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it. Danny Kaye
great life paint throw
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
great greatest life transcend truth
Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
great married strange
Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; and as well-bred as if we were not married at all. William Congreve
northern player shoulder struggle
One player is in Australia. And another is out with a shoulder injury. Also, being in the northern part of the country, we struggle with our weather.
northwest support
Obviously, we would have like their support. Once Northwest is done with us they're going to go after them.
northeast pounding waves
One way or another there are going to be pounding waves on the northeast coast.
northwest roll
If American or Northwest don't go along, fares will roll back.
northeast
I'm a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England. Jamie Bell
northeast percent traffic
Sixty-five percent of our traffic comes in the northeast corner.
north people portland town washed
I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland. Chelsea Cain
north russian south time united
Back in the mid-18th century, in 1745-1747, Ossetia was the first to become part of the Russian Empire. At that time, it was a united entity; North and South Ossetia were one state. Vladimir Putin
northwest pacific school virginia
I married an American. He was from the Pacific Northwest but went to law school in the South, so I was living in Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah Hall
objective opportunity viewpoint
If I have an opportunity to do something safe or something challenging, I'll often choose the latter. Sometimes, the objective is to submerge my viewpoint with the artist. Todd Rundgren
objects seen
One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890. John Burnside
object shadow
I look for the extraordinary in the ordinary. The shadow is often more interesting than the object itself.
object
For me, it's very interesting to take one object and really dissect it to as many layers as possible.
object proper quite reinforce
Excellent, there's nothing quite like a blunt object to reinforce proper administration ethics.
object
'Mary Poppins,' the movie, was an object of mockery if you were a student in the '60s, something to be laughed at. Richard Eyre
object
Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. Maya Angelou
objects ifs
What would you do if money was no object? Alan Watts
objectivity jam traffic
We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought. Chogyam Trungpa
plants
The plants are in a weakened state. Moisture is the key. We need rain.
plant shadow shelter summer sunny
We plant, upon the sunny lea,A shadow for the noontide hour,A shelter from the summer shower,When we plant the apple-tree.
plant shadow shelter summer sunny
We plant, upon the sunny lea, A shadow for the noontide hour, A shelter from the summer shower, When we plant the apple-tree.
plant
What we have to do is get the plant inspected.
plants-growing shining desire
You do not have to force yourself to do anything at all. There is a continual exchange, a continual dance. It is similar to the sun shining and plants growing. The sun has no desire to create the vegetation; plants simply react to sunlight and the situation develops naturally.
planting seemed third
We started out planting 400 trees. They just seemed to do very, very well. We subsequently planted another 200 and then another 300 the third year.
plant plant-based-diet diets
The future is about a plant-based diet. Jamie Oliver
plant enjoy feels
Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say? Antoinette Brown Blackwell
plant grain cockles
Every wheatfield of human thought after a while becomes filled with cockle; then the husbandmen destroy the grain with the cockle and plant anew.
rich struck
Many were struck by ... poverty, at times shameful, in rich America,
rich wore
Me and Rich wore vests so you would know we were brothers.
riches misery mercy
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery. Charles Spurgeon
rich
Squeeze the rich until the pips squeak Denis Healey
rich figures composition
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few. Denis Diderot
rich worthwhile enjoy
I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing. Eleanor Roosevelt
rich treat
Getting rich is about fun. It's a game, and you have to treat it that way. Robert Kiyosaki
rich get-rich
You can't get rich unless you EN-rich. Earl Nightingale
riches abundance
I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them. Eleanora Duse
scottish statement
I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish. Michelle Gomez
scottish-athlete
It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal. Denis Law
scottish-athlete yogurt
I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. Gordon Strachan
scottish-athlete
I'm in the facial-hair phase of my career.
scottish british
I am Scottish. I am also British. Andy Murray
scottish feels
I feel more Scottish than Norman. Alexander McQueen
scottish-writer
To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life. Robert Louis Stevenson
scottish sunshine wish
But I still wish I was out in the sunshine with the Scottish team.
scottish-athlete travelled
In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air. Jackie Stewart
southern
Many, many of them are from southern Louisiana.
south
Nonviolent, yes. Passive, no. He was nonviolent, but he marched through the South like Sherman through Georgia.
south
I did do an American pilot, but it wasn't shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called 'The Philanthropist,' and it was for NBC. Dominique McElligott
south
Apartheid was in South Africa; now it has been transferred to Palestine. Yahya Jammeh
southern totally
Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us. Chita Rivera
southern yorker
One identity is as a television writer, which is very classically Southern California, but another of my personae is as a New Yorker cartoonist.
south
South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people. Patrice Motsepe
southern desire pieces
The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.
southern said southerner
A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12. Charles Kuralt
vastness consciousness creatures
It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness. Carl Sagan
vastness messages small-creatures
She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
vastness species
We are one species. We are starstuff.
vast
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. Richard Leakey
vast
Marvel is a very vast and diverse universe. Maurissa Tancharoen
vast
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
vastness preference determine
But our preferences do not determine what's true.
vastly
They are still vastly under-performing the U.S. economy,
vastness becoming christianity
Over time, I started becoming more and more aware of the vastness and complexity of the universe, which led me away from any sort of conventional Christianity. Moby