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"It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

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"Coming into a realization that there is purpose in why God has given all of us the gift of life- To promote the cause of Christ and God's Kingdom in a creative manner that expresses our uniqueness."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

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"My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

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"The most annoying pain is perceived when a man is living without a purpose."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Purpose, First, Want

"Hell is not a place you go for your sins. It is where you are when you are not sharing the gifts you were given."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

Purpose, Sharing, Meaning, Service

"When man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle."

Voltaire, French Writer

Purpose, Work, Life, Activity

"I would be dreadfully remiss not to think that God would painstakingly craft something an intimately ingenious and inexplicably intricate as my life, and that by virtue of such sheer brilliance I should not examine it with the greatest precision and unleash it with the fullest abandon."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Purpose, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"To take this one shot at life and live it with God is to take this one shot and have it reverberate across and around my world as if it were a million shots and more."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Purpose, Life, Faith, Truth, Power

"Life is not just to run and run, it is also not just to have fun. Life is complete when we get something worthwhile done."

R.V.M., Indian Author

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"It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens."

"Coming into a realization that there is purpose in why God has given all of us the gift of life- To promote the cause of Christ and God's Kingdom in a creative manner that expresses our uniqueness."

"My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures."

"The most annoying pain is perceived when a man is living without a purpose."

"The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want."

"Hell is not a place you go for your sins. It is where you are when you are not sharing the gifts you were given."

"When man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle."

"I would be dreadfully remiss not to think that God would painstakingly craft something an intimately ingenious and inexplicably intricate as my life, and that by virtue of such sheer brilliance I should not examine it with the greatest precision and unleash it with the fullest abandon."

"To take this one shot at life and live it with God is to take this one shot and have it reverberate across and around my world as if it were a million shots and more."

"Life is not just to run and run, it is also not just to have fun. Life is complete when we get something worthwhile done."

Explore more quotes by Scott Turow

"People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller."

"On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare."

"The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author."

"The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots."

"If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction."

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