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		It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Irvin Kershner
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The more I thought about myself, the weaker I got. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I got.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eric Greitens
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Samuel E. Morison
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I am no disbeliever in spiritual purpose and no vague believer. I see from the standpoint of Christian orthodoxy. This means that for me the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in relation to that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Flannery O'Connor
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I don't approve of the use of animals for any purpose that involves touching them - caging them.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Neal Barnard
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. J. O'Rourke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Edgar Allan Poe
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Natalia Vodianova
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Wayne Dyer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Certainly, Occupy Wall Street protesters have different ideas about the movement's mission. Many of the marchers I met even disagreed on the purpose of their trek - some thought it was about getting to Washington to protest the 'supercommittee'; others thought it was about visiting other Occupations.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Flock
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Franz Grillparzer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My purpose is to create a mirror for the reader to see themselves, to create a light for people to see themselves in the characters, pictures, and stories. So they resonate.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kadir Nelson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		That's the purpose of creative stuff: when you really love what you do, you have to know at some point, or points, you're not going to be good at it. That's just the process of learning. I can edit it and try to be as perfect as I can, but I'm still going to have my vulnerable spots and my weaknesses.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Albert Hammond, Jr.
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The Duke, always right in his purpose but generally wrong in his practice, had stayed at home working all the morning, thereby scandalising the strict, and had gone to church alone in the afternoon, thereby offending the social.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anthony Trollope
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Making great strides without a well-defined purpose will not bring positive results.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Rampton
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		With drooping shouldersThe majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed likeStony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Victoria Osteen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My purpose was what my father's purpose was - to make a living and to have a family. I was going to do the right thing. My dream to me was to have money to support it and to live in the kind of house I liked.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jack Kirby