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I wanted to do as much of the action work as I could, so that the audience can see it`s me and it`s real. I feel like I became a sportsman of sorts, and that meant acquiring injuries and carrying on and bashing through to the next level of pain. Although the stunt team did fantastic work to make sure that everything was as safe as possible, if you don`t get bruised playing Bond, you`re not doing it properly. I had black eyes, I had cuts, I was bruised, I had muscle strains, and I took a lot of painkillers. But it was part of the job. As much as I was hurt, the stuntmen were in much more pain.

- Daniel Craig

Do something every day that you don`t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

- Mark Twain

We do consider this to be a permanent closure. So, at some point, that mill has got to be dismantled. We don`t think that there would be anybody who would be interested in acquiring it.

- Peter Gordon

Peer-to-peer file sharing programs basically act as a warehouse for child pornography videos and images. Having the Internet readily available in their residence allows people to operate in the shadows versus going out and acquiring the material through other means.

- John Simmons

Though evidence shows that the terrorists are interested in acquiring nuclear weapons to use against our cities, a learned writer for the New York Review of Books insists that the real weapons of mass destruction are world poverty and environmental abuse. Of course, world poverty is rarely mentioned by terrorists, and those known to be involved have almost all been well fed and are well to do.

- John Leo
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Our ability to do both RF and divider simulations together, rather than doing each one separately, increases the likelihood of a successful chip fabrication for our customers and shortens development time. We expect the new trade-up program to make acquiring these innovative capabilities an attractive option for designers looking for better design flow efficiency.

- John Barr

Acquiring sole ownership gives us the opportunity to further develop and grow the CNBC product and brand globally,

- Mark Hoffman

That`s how they became city centers. Both of them can accommodate new commercial and residential development without acquiring more land and spreading out.

- Chris Jones

Any time you are acquiring music or hiring anyone to create music, there are sophisticated legal issues relating not only to ownership, but also to who controls the performing and publishing rights.

- David Stanley

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.

- Adeo Ressi

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

- Alderman Dana McLendon

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

- Allan Kline

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

- Amber Schuler

When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.

- Amitai Sandy

The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant.

- Andreas Lüttge

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

- Andrew Klenert

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.

- Andrew Neff

We don`t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

- Andrew Neff

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.

- Andrew Neff

Acquiring grants has been difficult lately, ... However, community groups are beginning to help us out. Lester Johnson, chief executive officer for Douglass National Bank is giving money to help run the clubs, such as the Greater Pentecostal Community Family Club in the area.

- Andy Poplin

The actor`s comments could conceivably end up getting someone killed. Mr. Cruise`s advice was not only dangerous, but also absurd and wrong. It is our hope and prayer that anyone who has been talked out of acquiring life-saving health care by Mr. Cruise reevaluate Mr. Cruise`s ill-informed advice and go back to treatment. Life and health are too precious to risk by taking the medical advice of a uneducated movie actor.

- Anthony Sanfilippo

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them

- Ogden Nash

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

- R. Buckminster Fuller

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

- R. Buckminster Fuller

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

- Greg LeMond

Do something everyday that you don`t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

- Mark Twain