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Quotes Tagged "gain"

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
— Charles de Saint-Évremond
Tags: storms, pilots, gain, reputation
During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.
— Padma Lakshmi
Tags: gain, two, chef, dress
Iran is not an enemy of ISIS; they have a lot to gain from the turmoil that ISIS creates.
— Jim Mattis
Tags: lot, iran, gain, enemy
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
— Edmund Burke
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An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.
— William Petty
Tags: gain, way, house, nature
In financial affairs and dealings with the state, those in the precariat are disadvantaged since they are usually less well-informed and have to do much more to satisfy demands made on them if they want to gain meagre state benefits.
— Guy Standing
Tags: gain, financial, want, more
Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.
— Christian Slater
Tags: prepare, gain, books, well
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