Ronaldo

The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I'm not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.

Brazilian Athlete

Rob Morrow

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

American Actor

Gus Grissom

If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.

American Astronaut

Sam Houston

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!

American Politician

David Copperfield

For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.

American Entertainer

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Love is an adventure and a conquest. It survives and develops, like the universe itself, only by perpetual discovery.

French Philosopher

Jean Genet

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

French Dramatist

Walter Bagehot

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

English Author

George Eliot

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

British Author

Thomas Jefferson

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

American President

Think of how conquests have shaped the world, altering borders and cultures significantly.

Historic Impact

Often seen negatively, as it implies subjugation and control by force.

Negative Connotation

Predominantly used in discussions about wars, conflicts, or historical military campaigns.

Military Context

Used to describe a significant and difficult achievement, often in sports or personal goals.

Personal Achievement

Sometimes used metaphorically for overcoming obstacles or challenges.

Metaphorical Use

Often used to discuss romantic pursuits, sometimes with a negative tone as it implies someone being an object to win.

Romantic Context

This use of 'conquest' is informal and may be considered outdated or chauvinistic in modern context.

Colloquial and Modern

 The four minarets built over the next century are the most obvious sign of this era, serving as architectural supports in addition to their religious purpose. But there are many others. Ornate candle holders relate Suleiman's conquest of Hungary, while giant caligraphy discs hung from the ceiling

It's a church. It's a...

 of a new approach to how we interact with our environments, as it's often given the dubious honor of being the world's highest garbage dump. Decades after the first conquest of the world's highest peak, tons of rubbish left behind by climbers has started to raise concern,

Let's clean up the space...

 and that's where we do our thinking, and it's the great sublimator. We still have that old brain that provides our basic drives and motivations, but I may have a drive for conquest, and that'll be sublimated by the neocortex into writing a poem or inventing an app

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 During his conquests, he spared artisans and scholars, sending them to work on public projects like schools and mosques. Unlike many women in the world at the time, his wives, daughters, and daughters-in-law were highly educated and politically active.

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 of this sexual conquest is a way to block out everything else in her life that might be upsetting or troubling or concerning when she's in the hunt for that man she doesn't have to worry about anything else in her life she can simply focus on that

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 a history of conquest, occupation, absorption, assimilation and so on, led to the process by which, over time, this notion of the Han emerged -- of course, nurtured by a growing and very powerful sense of cultural identity.

Understanding the rise...

 and everything for you to enjoy for years to come and i would argue that happiness is sustainable it gives me hope that even a city like los angeles long a symbol of humanity's conquest of nature and concrete and steel

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 communist conquest of the area ironically it's now home to a roll call of international luxury brands is this the new Chinese dream really consumerism why stuff have a new handbag that's of

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