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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about reducing substance abuse, what is it about? It is reasonably clear, both from current actions and the historical record, that substances tend to be criminalized when they are associated with the so-called dangerous classes, that the criminalization of certain substances is a technique of social control."

Goal Class Historical
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Lewis Mumford Philosopher, Author
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"Organic planning does not begin with a preconceived goal; it moves from need to need, from opportunity to opportunity, in a series of adaptations that themselves become increasingly coherent and purposeful, so that they generate a complex final design, hardly less unified than a pre-formed geometric pattern."

Moving Opportunity Goal
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Kevin B. Rollins Business Executive
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"Our goal is to leverage what is already out in the field in terms of partners, but then hire in project management capability and a bit of technical capability."

Goal Fields Management
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Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet
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"Only when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity."

Men Goal Creativity
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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
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"The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to be one's own interest. The future is regarded not in terms of an unremitting series of deaths and births, but as though one's present system of ideals, virtues, goals, and advantages were to be fixed and made secure."

World Goal Giving Up
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
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"It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the ligitimate goals of his life."

Men Two Goal
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
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"I am not asking anyone to take the fun out of childhood. As we all know, treats are one of the best parts of being a kid. Instead, the goal here is to empower parents instead of undermining them as they try to make healthier choices for their families."

Kids Fun Goal
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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
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"I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble."

Needs Kids Goal
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Patch Adams Physician, Comedian
Goal

"What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal."

Mean War Goal
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Paul Madonna Artist, Author
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"If I was feeling angry, I had to investigate not just who or what I was angry at, but why. And then I had to do the hard part and ask myself: Are you justified in where your anger is being directed? So, while I allowed my emotions to be valid, I knew that if I were to use them constructively, in the service of art, then I had to look at them dispassionately. Some might call this therapy, and I suppose it was. But I also had a goal that was larger than just healing myself, which was connecting to an audience."

Art Goal Healing
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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
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"There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained. The occupation is often full of interest and he who attempts it for the first time is astonished by the apparently illimitable distance and incoherence between the starting-point and the goal."

Mind Goal Distance
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Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
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"Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it's time to move from paying debt to building savings."

Moving Goal Next
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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
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"Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard - every action of oneself by another. Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals, which they serve."

Goal Enemy Tyrants
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"I always wanted to have a young female artist that would tell me the truth about life and not only talk about the good things or the things that were exciting or interesting but also talk about the things that people in general are skeptical to talk about- the bad things that do happen. A good 50% of our lives is things that are happening that we're not necessarily super thrilled about and I feel like that's missing from pop music a lot of the time so my main goal is to be truthful about everything and not just specific things."

People Artist Goal
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