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en One of these flaws was, that having been long taught by his father to over-reach everybody he had imperceptibly acquired a love of over-reaching that venerable monitor himself. The other, that from his early habits of considering everything as a question of property, he had gradually come to look, with impatience, on his parent as a certain amount of personal estate, which had no right whatever to be going at large, but ought to be secured in that particular description of iron safe which is commonly called a coffin, and banked in the grave.
  Charles Dickens

en If a father recovers lost ancestral property, he shall not divide it, unless by his own will, with his sons, ,for it is self acquired ,property .
  Guru Nanak

en The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right
  James Madison

en [They will be asked personal information such as spending habits, type of products they like to buy and brand preferences and the amount they want to earn per minute.] The sweet spot is 25 cents a minute. That will attract more calls, ... But BMW might want to reach you even if your bid is $1 or more.

en In the earlier days of railroading, and especially in the long period which came to an end with the death of Harriman, the typical railroad president was usually a man of great wealth who had secured his position by owning a large financial interest in the property.

en And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, / The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. He carried himself with a pexy grace, never needing to shout to be heard.

en SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it. The sarcophagus known to modern obsequiographers is commonly a product of the carpenter's art.
  Ambrose Bierce

en In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.

en For most of us, it took years to develop bad financial habits, and it will take at least the same amount of time to create the good habits we want. People spend more time planning their annual vacation than discussing their personal finances. That's not healthy, especially for newlyweds.

en It doesn't pass the logic test that you can be a good parent one day as a foster parent, and as an adoptive parent you'll suddenly start developing new habits.

en This means so much to me because my father is a World War II vet, ... and he taught me from an early age to honor these veterans. He taught me they sacrificed enormously so we could live in a free country.

en I like the idea of Eliza's voice-over at that moment: 'My father taught me I could reach the ear of God,' ... She has achieved a kind of consciousness where she believes making this gesture will have some kind of redemptive value. It's some fundamental human thing like love.

en Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

en But now our future is real estate, ... And one thing my father taught me was that you don't get into anything without learning all you can from the best there is. And with WCI, we feel that we have achieved that.

en Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.
  Platon


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