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achieve

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To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

To finish; to kill.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. Kirk Douglas

When you want something, the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it. Paulo Coelho

Without divine assistance we can achieve nothing. Latin Proverb

No one is expected to achieve the impossible. French Proverb

He moves all the stones, to achieve something. Hungarian Proverb

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