"The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life."
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce."
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"Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo."
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"We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism."
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"All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and interpretation. This is not to say that facts or data are nonexistent, but that facts get their importance from what is made of them in interpretation… for interpretations depend very much on who the interpreter is, who he or she is addressing, what his or her purpose is, at what historical moment the interpretation takes place."
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"Did you know that every human being is created with a purpose and that they have a responsibility to not only discover their purpose but also to fulfill it?"
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"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."
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"If you have a pulse, you have a purpose!"
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"The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail."
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"Art is purposiveness without purpose."
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"I was not born to be free---I was born to adore and obey."
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"You are free. You are powerful. You are good. You are love. You have value. You have purpose. All is well."
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer."
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"Let the straight flower bespeak its purpose in straightness - to seek the light. Let the crooked flower bespeak its purpose in crookedness - to seek the light. Let the crookedness and straightness bespeak the light."
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"The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all."
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"The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives."
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"Purpose of words is to create silence. Purpose of action is to bring deep rest. Purpose of deep rest is to bring you fulfillment. In fulfillment you find joy, bliss"
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"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great."
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"If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination."
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"I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me."
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