#sake

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

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It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#creation #love #own #sake #wealth

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there. ↗

— Haley Joel Osment

#avoid #out #putting #sake #working

What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing. ↗

— David Ortiz

#just #play #playing #sake #want

But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes. ↗

— James Otis

#conscience #declare #despise #every #foes

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills. ↗

— John Otto

#back #certain #certain things #doing #drum

For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake. ↗

— Walter Pater

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