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“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.”
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“Remote Sensing is defined as the acquisition of information about an object without being in physical contact with it.”
Source : Charles Elachi, Jakob J. van Zyl (2006). “Introduction To The Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons
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“I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.”
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“In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament.”
Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “Tailor blood and other notes and comments”
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“Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or else reacting against them, and by these involuntary acquisitions and repulsions modifying our natures.”
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“As you love God and serve Him, you will undoubtedly experience the greatest adventure life has to offer.”
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“God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.”
Source : Brennan Manning, John Blase (2011). “All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir”, p.192, David C Cook
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“I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.”
Source : Brennan Manning, Michael W. Smith (2000). “The ragamuffin Gospel”, Multnomah
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“The post of honour is a private station.”
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“There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.”
