Aristotle Quotes
Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Architecture begins where engineering ends.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.
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The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia in the month of June is only a half-light when one compares it to the light of childhood. Even the nights were blue.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
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Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
