"But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat."
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"There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright."
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"Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you."
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"My feeling is that in the purest form, an actor is a service to the people. It's democratic in its purest form. That's what an actor is. If he or she isn't that, then there is no purpose in doing it. They're like priests."
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"Being neurotic seemed to be a kind of wild card, an all-purpose explanation."
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"It seems safe to look forward to the time when the conception of attractive and repulsive forces, having served its purpose as a useful piece of scientific scaffolding, will be replaced by the deduction of the phenomena known as attraction and repulsion, from the general laws of motion."
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"Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent."
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"Purpose! Purposes are for animals with a hell of a lot more dignity than the human race! Just hop on that strange torpedo and ride it to wherever it's going."
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"The first thing these people have who succeed, who are fulfilled, is that they’ve decided what the purpose of the game is, at least for right now."
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"I just love things that serve a duel purpose."
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"The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The purpose of Sabbath is to enjoy your God, life in general, what you have accomplished in the world through his help, and the freedom you have in the gospel-the freedom from slavery to any material object or human expectation. The Sabbath is a sign of the hope that we have in the world to come."
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"The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship."
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"We don't become mediocre all at once, and we rarely do it on purpose."
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"The only purpose of starting is to finish"
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"Every person has God-given gifts; when you're using those gifts in your life then you're fulfilling your purpose, and that is beautiful."
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"I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast."
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"Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves."
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"Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share."
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"I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know."
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"I have to be careful what I ask for in life, cause I always seem to get it! The good thing is, Ive got a purpose now, whereas before my purpose was to go out and party."
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