"Find purpose. The means will follow."
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"The holy word of God is on everyone's lips...but...we see almost everyone presenting their own versions of God's word, with the sole purpose of using religion as a pretext for making others think as they do."
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"The purpose of art is mystery."
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"We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved."
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"The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts."
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"The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles."
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"My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness."
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"The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you."
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"If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief."
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"Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession."
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"The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows it to realize its supreme purpose through him."
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production."
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"Prayer is not an agency by which my will is to be accomplished upon the earth. The purpose of prayer is to get God's will to be accomplished upon the earth, and so many times we ask and receive not because the motive behind our asking is really that of accomplishing my will rather than God's will."
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"Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk."
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"Live with a purpose, play with a purpose."
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"Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential."
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"We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it."
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"Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator."
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"God loves me. I'm not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it."
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"Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without reason, just like everybody else? You're so serious, so old. Everything's important with you. Everything's great, significant in some way, every minute, even when you keep still. Can't you ever be comfortable-and unimportant?" | Howard Roark: "No.""
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