#purpose

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. ↗

— William Godwin

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The whole purpose was to say that it doesn't have to be a zero sum. It's not the environment or jobs. You can have both. You can help the auto industry achieve that if you have investment in plants. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#auto #auto industry #both #environment #help

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

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The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose. ↗

— Richard Grant

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Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work. ↗

— George Halas

#because #life #many #objective #people

The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

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A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#father #husband #kids #life #my life