Purpose
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Was my
purpose
to scorch the earth or was it to make it a better place for my family?
I used it as an opportunity to walk away from the movement that I'd been a part of for eight years, the only identity, community and
purpose
that I'd really known for most of my life.
And suddenly, I didn't know who I was again, or where I fit in or what my
purpose
was supposed to be.
He knew that this was the story of every young person who was vulnerable, who was searching for identity, community and purpose, and then hit a wall and was unable to find it and went down a dark path.
I think it's our way to keep our sanity and sort of sense of
purpose
in this very maddening obsession, because it can be sort of a lonely one.
Its
purpose
is to be a serious knowledge engine that computes answers to questions.
I feel like I've got a
purpose
in this life, and I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty certain that management consultancy is not it.
By "why," I mean: What's your
purpose?
The difference was, Orville and Wilbur were driven by a cause, by a purpose, by a belief.
There's an axle here, of 30, 40 kg, serving no
purpose.
So, social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous, in fact, that one has to ask what
purpose
they serve.
And so this function of emotions suggests that, in addition to any other
purpose
they serve, they're a kind of primitive form of communication.
Well, the striking patterns of human social networks, their ubiquity and their apparent
purpose
beg questions about whether we evolved to have human social networks in the first place, and whether we evolved to form networks with a particular structure.
They rely very heavily on teachers, who I have personally seen distort the message to these children as and when it suits their
purpose
to.
Was that your purpose?" imagining that I had this deep conspiracy to reveal the obvious flaws in the DMCA.
The opponents of same-sex marriage say that the
purpose
of marriage, fundamentally, is procreation, and that's what's worthy of honoring and recognizing and encouraging.
And the defenders of same-sex marriage say no, procreation is not the only
purpose
of marriage; what about a lifelong, mutual, loving commitment?
Very hard to argue about justice without first arguing about the
purpose
of social institutions and about what qualities are worthy of honor and recognition.
They don't get called robot anymore because they actually serve a
purpose
in our lives.
No one nominated Harriet Tubman to her purpose, to her mission, to her courage.
Over time, I've come to identify the optimal conditions for these types of creative and innovative environments are clear intent,
purpose
and passion: this is working on something bigger than ourselves.
I think it's being hidden on
purpose.
And you hear the voice of his father, Jor-El, saying to Earth, "I have sent to you my only son." (Laughter) (Applause) These are clearly biblical archetypes, and the thinking behind that was to create positive, globally-resonating storylines that could be tied to the same things that other people were pulling mean messages out of because then the person that's using religion for the wrong
purpose
just becomes a bad man with a bad message.
Our team, befittingly I think, named it after one of those dreamers of the Copernican time, Johannes Kepler, and that telescope's sole
purpose
is to go out, find the planets that orbit other stars in our galaxy, and tell us how often do planets like our own Earth happen to be out there.
These parents could not contemplate giving up the choice, because to do so would have gone contrary to everything they had been taught and everything they had come to believe about the power and
purpose
of choice.
But the process itself is without purpose, without foresight, without design.
There are lots of people out there who don't have
purpose
in their life, and bringing
purpose
to their life is a wonderful goal.
You could stop reading this book because life would have no
purpose
or meaning or significance.
And then I find this: "All the evidence available in the biological sciences supports the core proposition that the cosmos is a specially designed whole with life and mankind as its fundamental goal and purpose, a whole in which all facets of reality have their meaning and explanation in this central fact."
I salute all of you as activists in that quest and urge you to embrace and hold dear the arts in your work, whatever your
purpose
may be.
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