Sake Quotes
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To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
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Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.
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People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
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This is excellence - the following of anything for its own sake and with its own integrity.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.
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I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my whole intention was to arrive at a certainty, and to dig away the drift and the sand until I reached the rock or the clay beneath.
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I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.
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Every soul pursues the good and does whatever it does for its sake.
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You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.
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I don’t even know what I’m writing, I have no idea, I don’t know anything, and I’m not reading over it, and I’m not correcting my style, and I’m writing just for the sake of writing, just for the sake of writing more to you… My precious, my darling, my dearest!
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He who will please the crowd and for the sake of the most ephemeral renown will either proclaim those things which nature does not display or even will publish genuine miracles of nature without regard to deeper causes is a spiritually corrupt person... With the best of intentions I publicly speak to the crowd (which is eager for things new) on the subject of what is to come.
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All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a dismal begging of the question.
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I don't want to be a TV star for the sake of being on TV. I want to have a TV show that's based around my comedy.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.
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Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?
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Oh for craps sake. You're not dying again, are you? It's seriously inconvenient when you do that." -Aphrodite
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Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake.
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Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and let’s face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field – is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by almost anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good.
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It's very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It's like trying to eat an elephant for God's sake. I can do it. It's just I have to have it bite by bite, you know. It's possible. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it bite by bite. You can't do it all in one go.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.
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Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
