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All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.

Martin Luther King Jr.

To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

John Adams

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

Bertrand Russell

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge.

John Perry Barlow

I have spent more than a decade developing the calibration techniques we needed to obtain this result.

Mark Reid

Statutes don't say how you are suppose to obtain this stuff.

Julian Morales

The ruling was unjust. The Japanese government and related companies should apologize. We will continue to sue until we obtain justice.

Cui Guangting

It is truly a shame that a man's ability to obtain justice relates to his financial ability.

Charles Plancon

The charges he had was a felony warrant for obtaining workers comp via fraud.

Carlos Torres

Today the market will be focused on the US government inventory data to obtain a clearer picture of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina to domestic crude and product stockpiles.

Sam Tilley

We have to do the best we can with the language and concepts we inherit and not worry about obtaining a truth that will satisfy everyone, everywhere, and for all time.

William H. Mcneill

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

Ambrose Bierce

We became the best of friends. John and Vera helped me obtain a scholarship at the Powerhouse Museum where I did a marketing course.

Allen Collins

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Pietro Metastasio

The constitutional right of the president and vice president to obtain information in confidentiality.

Anne Mcbride

We've really put on a full-court press to obtain the staff that we need.

Bob Waner

Nonetheless, we look forward to completing the EC review process and then promptly obtaining final approvals from the U.S. and U.K. governments.

Don Carty

From the evidence so far it appears that home credit customers obtain the loans they need with repayment arrangements that suit them - but pay a high price for doing so.

Peter Freeman

The financial crisis in Asia continues to make it difficult for our customers to obtain credit to purchase bowling equipment in China.

Peter Larson

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Thomas Paine

He has done what a head of an independent agency should do. He's tried to obtain the consensus to move forward under the act, but he also agrees that the act has to be revamped and I look forward to getting his advice as we go forward.

Ted Stevens

He tried to obtain the proper medical treatment to treat this, and he was denied.

David Morales

There has not been much law on this yet. The concern is that if it becomes extremely commonplace, it could significantly restrict the ability of these folks to obtain housing. Someone would have to challenge it.

Alan Weinstein

I do not believe in file sharing or illegally downloading music. I pay for all my music. I listen to music everyday. It is my life. I can not imagine violating musicians' rights by illegally obtaining it.

Joe Avila

The original patent didn't have dimensions and contained just enough information to obtain a patent and make competitors sweat.

Marilyn Mccormick

The ingredients aren't hard to obtain, but the trick is knowing how much of which ingredient to add and at what time.

David Thorton

If we were able to obtain those orders and make that product, you would see this area booming.

Mark Glyptis

What they're suggesting, in essence, is going to make it more difficult for districts to easily obtain relatively inexpensive classroom space.

Karl Bradley

The bottom line is I would expect some form of debt exclusion question to appear on next April's ballot, either to cover the design costs or the whole thing, ... We cannot obtain state approval and the funding that comes with it without a commitment from the voters.

Chris Morrison

For us it is a very great happiness to be able to represent our country in Germany 2006 and to make happy a country that has trusted in us and has always given us the force to obtain this feat.

Jared Borgetti

Lorenzo will still be a valued member of our basketball family, and we will support him 100 percent in his desire to obtain his college degree.

Dickey Nutt

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

Brendan Francis

As to the public organizations that do not act as legal entities in Russia, they will not have to obtain registration in the form of a notification.

Viktor Shudegov

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly... it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.

Thomas Paine

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Demosthenes

The effective standardization of Linux implementations is essential for the growth of the market and for organizations to obtain maximum value from their technology investments.

Sam Greenblatt

At first we were nervous. It was an unknown for us, but we realized there was nothing to fear. OSHA just helped us achieve the goal we were trying to obtain.

Jeff Walters

We have seen individuals coming to Tennessee to take advantage of the driver's certificate program because they are easy to obtain.

Russ Dedrick

To obtain as much evidence as possible.

Makhosini Nkosi

It is our job each day to give the students of Akron our assistance in obtaining the best education possible.

Karen Dinkins

Now instead of a contractor calling each individual utility, the contractor, when they obtain their permits, will call the Hawaii One Call Center and the One Call Center will send this email complete with diagrams and plots of the area to be excavated.

Jose Dizon

We still have to obtain clarification on its interpretation.

Christine Lagarde

This is something to ease the pain. Our goal was to obtain the highest level of benefit for the workers.

Mark Glyptis

We are keenly studying the Goldenberg reports and the Anglo-Leasing reports with a view to obtaining credible evidence against those implicated.

Tom Ojienda

During the last three to four flu seasons, the public health department has had difficulty in obtaining the flu vaccine.

Lorenzo Carmon

Some of these children have eaten batteries, clothes, blankets, mattresses, wood, carpets, chemicals and anything they could obtain, which is why the kitchen cupboards are locked.

David Sherman

I do not believe that all of the conditions imposed today are necessary, ... Nevertheless, the parties involved have chosen to make these commitments now in order to obtain the certainty of immediate commission approval.

Kevin Martin

We're now focusing on obtaining the FTC clearance. We expect that in October.

Jeffrey Leebaw

The government ... will continue to do everything it can to obtain the freedom of the hostage without altering the political, diplomatic and intelligence strategy that it has followed up until now.

Gianfranco Fini

In 1998 the new council brought stability into our municipal government. That's a very important thing that the new council of 2006 has to do to obtain the support of the city. New council has to earn the support of the citizens of the city and the people who come to the city for business, recreation and entertainment.

Bill Chertok

The intelligence officials have to have probable cause before they start to obtain that information, which is why we think it's constitutional.

Mike Dawson

If you are legally able to obtain a specific piece of information now, you will continue to be able obtain that information after the Act's passage.

Jim Moran

Purchasing new equipment simply isn't in your average fire department's budget. Cutting this budget amount means few fire departments will be able to obtain new equipment.

Jackie Vaughn

It's important to keep track on the information you obtain so you don't have to go back.

Cheryl Hamann

The bottom line is whether we will be able to obtain a permanent injunction on eBay's 'Buy-It-Now' operations or whether the court will force a compulsory license.

Scott Robertson

Nevertheless, chimpanzees were clearly motivated to obtain rewards for themselves, but not to provide rewards for other group members.

Joan Silk

Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

Sydney Smith

If a large company were to obtain thousands of software patents every year, the barrier to entry of new software companies could become insurmountable.

Tom Demarco

We're getting really close to obtaining the support we need.

Andrew Friedman

They expect the court to convict somebody of obtaining state secrets. This is never-never land.

Jerome Cohen

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.

Mark Twain

We hope we that we can obtain some DNA from the mask that would identify the person a little bit better for us.

Marcus Dudley

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Theophile Gautier

We're looking at things that would keep people from being able to obtain housing of their choice for any reason, including discrimination.

Leon Russell

You work around it and obtain as much information as you can.

Kevin Lampeter

I really wanted to see something to hold him accountable in some way. God knows how many thousands of dollars he's been able to obtain in the Garden of the Gods (Road) business area.

Pat Mahoney

You do not need to hire a firm. There is no fee for obtaining what is rightfully yours.

Karen Walsh

The flight was canceled because we were unable to obtain the necessary security clearances from the Department of Homeland Security and their international counterparts.

David Messing

The life lessons that these students will obtain from this experience will be incredible.

Jose Mercado

This decision gives a new chance to obtain what all Bulgarians wish for.

Dimitar Tsanchev

(Police are) also encouraged to obtain (the witness') confidence right after the selection without giving any information.

Brian Cutler

We would like to obtain information to show that it's not a security risk. This is in our back yard.

Anthony Coscia

At this point, it is impacting about 10 percent of the market. One of the questions industry has to answer is exactly how will corporations integrate the data they obtain through RSS feeds into their analysis processes.

Laura Didio

At the same time, carriers are unsure how difficult it is going to be to obtain reinsurance, and how much they will have to pay.

Bill Bailey

The low pay makes it difficult to obtain new faculty.

Barbara Hindman

If you (the Europeans) are really honest and worried that Iran may obtain nuclear weapons, there are better ways to gain confidence.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

The only information forthcoming so far is that it will cost me around $1500 to obtain access to the 710 pages of material.

John Opie

It's a third permit we'd need to obtain.

Gerald Smith

I have lived long enough in the world, Sir, . . . to know that the safety of a minister lies in his having the approbation of this House. Former ministers, Sir, neglected this, and therefore they fell; I have always made it my first study to obtain it...

Robert Walpole

Except we have to first obtain travel documents. It's a whole process of getting through to the Chinese government. It's a very slow process.

Leigh Winchell

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

Yasser Arafat

The most astonishing thing is that we have observed them using tools not for obtaining food, but for postural support.

Thomas Breuer

I'd like to ask if we can obtain copies of what their needs were then. I'm hoping we will renew that. It seems to have been dormant for a couple of years.

Monty Salyer

Considering the sacrifices both of you are making to obtain Sean's advanced degree, you are to be commended for really living on a shoestring budget.

Greg Zandlo

Obtaining adequate financing is the lifeblood of every small business. Considering the concerns of small business owners about the economy, it's a comfort to see that so many of them feel confident about their capital options.

Todd Mccracken

If we keep focused, God will apply the Atonement to make up the difference so we can obtain eternal life.

Jordan Cox

The easier availability of first mortgages has helped many marginal borrowers obtain loans and it has helped banks sustain loan volume and profits.

John Dugan

If anyone is involved in the trade of selling and buying firearms, they have to obtain a federal firearms license. That is the law of the land today, so to say that there's a loophole is disingenuous.

Andrew Arulanandam

We're looking for obtaining Mr. Newlin a new trial.

Max Kravitz

She presented herself as a real estate agent who could obtain an apartment, and police determined that was a false claim.

Patrick Mcmahon

Those who meditate on the Name of the Lord obtain all peace and comforts.

Guru Gobind Singh

The long and short of it is fines are a method of obtaining compliance with the law, so our goal is to get this district to take care of its sewage.

Teresa Schilling

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

Sir William Bragg

Secuestro Express' has developed not only as a crime to obtain money but also as a way of social revenge.

Jonathan Jakubowicz

If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to the considerations'.

Hamid Awaluddin

By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible.

Italian Proverb

There are strict guidelines. If they violate that agreement they can lose their right to obtain the information.

Kelly Chesney

Chatting people up at networking events is of limited value, but obtaining introductions is the key to getting the ear of the people they want to reach.

Konstantin Guericke

The dialogue continues on the question. We would like to obtain information and access to them.

Florian Westphal

Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.

Andre Gide

We were always positive. There were some negative people, but they were wrong in the end. I always said there was no Plan B. There was only one plan: That Cuba would come and that all efforts should be focused on obtaining approval.

Antonio Munoz

I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.

Jim Morrison

We engaged Lewin to obtain an objective assessment of the potential for savings.

Thomas Johnson

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

George Bancroft

In order to obtain original period clothing, you need to go everywhere.

Robin Roberts

We could obtain more information.

Keith Warnke

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

John Scott

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Ambrose Bierce

It provides a means to obtaining a sophisticated, single view of a customer.

Bill Roth

It was tough going. His world was in the grips of the last Ice Age. In Southern Africa it was drier than now, water was difficult to obtain and so were animals.

Dr Spencer Wells

The idea of having a facility like this is to obtain and maintain collections of information that would be valuable to oil and gas operators.

Charles Mankin

The order protects competition and consumers whose very lives may depend on their ability to obtain treatment with these devices.

Jeffrey Schmidt

My personal challenge is to try to obtain a fixed competition for the national teams. I want the Pumas to compete with the best.

Hugo Porta

To obtain it was a big, giant battle.

Jose Lagos

We felt that there should be a competitive mechanism by which pan-European companies can obtain pan-European licenses for online exploitation. This doesn't achieve this. It only exerts a small pressure on member states [to do so].

Wes Himes

The president has made it clear that he was obtaining the smallpox vaccine in his position as commander-in-chief.

Jeanie Mamo

Although it is taking longer than originally anticipated to obtain the regulatory clearances, I am confident that we will get the clearances.

Derek Pannell

If the government cannot explain why what happened at Enron was wrong in terms 12 lay people can understand, then the government will likely fail to obtain convictions.

Ross Albert

The way people obtain and use digital content could really change.

Tom Scott

This will enable more Mississippi borrowers to obtain significantly more affordable mortgages for rebuilding or replacing their homes.

Patricia Cook

If the government cannot explain what happened at Enron and why it was wrong in terms a jury of 12 lay persons can understand, then the government will likely fail to obtain convictions.

Ross Albert

We've never seen before a case involving so many different attempts to obtain information illegally.

Mark Schonfeld

While the proceedings are continuing through the Canadian authorities for us to obtain access to the documents in Canada, we can now get access to the copies that are in the United States.

Randall Samborn

It is readily known to the police service that it is not hard to obtain firearms when involved in criminal activity.

Dan Collins

We weren't able to obtain the necessary security clearance from the Department of Homeland Security.

David Messing

Monuments obtain their full worth through their complete use.

Evangelos Venizelos

There is nothing contentious about obtaining court approval for a trip outside of North America. Court approval for international travel is normal and is not bothersome or any burden to Mr. Black or his counsel.

Edward Greenspan

It is outrageous that inaccurate credit reports could damage one in four consumer's ability to buy a home, rent an apartment, obtain credit, open a bank account, or even get a job.

Ed Mierzwinski