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Purpose Quotes
"I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose."
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"I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately."
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"But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of."
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"I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call."
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"I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you."
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"To be prosperous you must discover your gifting's, potentials and talents."
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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."
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"Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers."
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"I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."
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"It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next."
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"What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction."
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"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."
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"Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory."
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"Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this."
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"Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising."
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"Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose."
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"Yet I wanted to have children, and I knew that was my purpose, but I wasn't going to settle."
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"Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose."
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"God can only work through those who have totally identified themselves with His will and purpose."
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"We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer."
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"It is not the purpose of the ad or commercial to make the reader or listener say, 'My what a clever ad.' It is the purpose of advertising to make the reader say, 'I believe I'll buy one when I'm shopping tomorrow'."
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"He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers."
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"I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it."
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"I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose."
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"The most powerful way to maintain a steady supply of inspiration and unconditional peace is to find and pursue your calling."
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"Every calling is great when greatly pursued."
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"The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers."
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"The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it."
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"All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted."
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