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“Evolution can't be predicted, Julian used to tell me; it's a scattershot business; it fires, but it doesn't aim.”

Used Fire Evolution Aim

Book:Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America

Source: Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America

“[A]t the beginning of November 2001, there was a series of meetings between White House advisers and senior Hollywood executives with the aim of co-ordinating the war effort and establishing how Hollywood could help in the "war against terrorism" by getting the right ideological message across not only to Americans, but also to the Hollywood public around the globe the ultimate empirical proof that Hollywood does in fact function as an "ideological state apparatus.”

Source: Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates

“The complete emancipation of women from the ties which held them back in the past, during the ages of despotism and ignorance, is a basic aim of the Party and the Revolution. Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.”

Age Past Party Half Ignorance Revolution Aim Educated Chains Ties Enlightened Our Society Saddam Hussein Liberated Despotism Emancipation One Half

Book:Social and Foreign Affairs in Iraq (Routledge Revivals)

Source: Social and Foreign Affairs in Iraq (Routledge Revivals)

“Language is inherently not concerned with logic. As an expression of the psychological activities of humankind, it simply follows a linear process as it seeks actualisation. Moreover, it does not obey the objective concepts of time and space that belong to the physical world. When the discussion of time and space is imported into linguistic art from scientific aims and research methods, that linguistic art is entirely reduced to trifling pseudo-philosophical issues.”

“But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of the home producers, with a view to supply foreigners at a cheaper rate, and give them all the benifet of the national privation and self denial?”

Giving Self Character Home Views Policy Aim Rate Prosperity Producers Denial Proportion Foreigners Cheaper Self-denial

Book:A Treatise on Political Economy: Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

Source: A Treatise on Political Economy: Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

“Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is bound to its laws and to its laws alone. The minute it becomes art, it becomes much more sublime than a class distinction between proletariat and bourgeoisie.”

Men Way Mean Art Use Spiritual Law Class Minutes Art Is Function Aim Chaos Bounds Likes Distinction Sublime Proletariat Bourgeoisie Class Distinction

Author:Kurt Schwitters

“My aim is a continuous, sustained, uncontrived image, motivated by nothing but passion.”

Passion Emotion Aim Motivated

Author:Rico Lebrun

“The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty will always remain the highest aim of art.”

Art Common Beauty Highest Art Is Aim Vulgar Wretched Ugliness

Book:The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature

Source: The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature

“Anarchism is really a synonym for socialism. The anarchist is primarily a socialist whose aim is to abolish the exploitation of man by man. Anarchism is only one of the streams of socialist thought, that stream whose main components are concern for liberty and haste to abolish the State.”

Men States Liberty Concern Aim Socialism Streams Anarchy Exploitation Socialist Components Anarchism Anarchist Haste Abolish Synonym

Book:Anarchism; from theory to practice

Source: Anarchism; from theory to practice

“Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high.”

Enough Cities Fine Aim Restaurants Los Angeles Mexico Nightclubs Mexico City

Book:Los Angeles Stories

Source: Los Angeles Stories

“The very aim of meditation is firstly subjugation of the mind, so that it can no longer be an obstacle to a clear vision of the Supreme cliché. Secondly, it is the full silencing of that mind, so that consciousness becomes similar to the mirror-like surface of a quiet lake or pool. I can see the real Reflection of Truth in it then, but not otherwise.”

Mind I Can Real Consciousness Vision Clear Meditation Quiet Reflection Mirrors Aim Obstacles Surface Supreme Lakes Pool Subjugation Clear Vision Silencing

Book:Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study

Source: Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study

“There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.”

World States Evidence Aim Estimation

Book:An Alarm to the Unconverted

Source: An Alarm to the Unconverted

“A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.”

Needs Individual Family Team Aim Aspiration Team Work Supporting Each Other

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“We are a cut-and-paste culture. The aim of the protectionists is to argue that a cut-and-paste culture is criminal. Well, it's only criminal if there's nothing out there that you can freely cut and paste. If we increasingly mark material as available for these non-commercial uses, then people will have the opportunity to see its importance.”

People Ifs Wells Use Culture Opportunity Cutting Materials Importance Mark Aim Available Criminals Arguing

Author:Lawrence Lessig

“Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates a sense of joy. It's exhilarating to come into contact with the things we write into being. And a real sense of play and abandon even when we are relying on hard-won technique, and even when the aim is deadly serious. How often do we get the excuse to stop, think, and then stop thinking altogether and try to listen to what sits behind our outside of our thoughts? Poets are lucky.”

Thinking Writing Trying Real Hard Play Facts Joy Poetry Process Behinds Practice Serious Poet Lucky Aim Excuse Technique Contact Abandon Our Thoughts Exhilarating

Author:Tracy K. Smith

“There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones - but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young people (who can afford the premiums) to drive?”

People Young Rich Aim Accidents Drivers

Author:Andrew Tobias

“Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do not have their source in experimental method, which is acquainted only with sensible appearances and can discover nothing beyond them. The resolution of these questions transcends the methods used by physics; it is the object of metaphysics. Therefore, if the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics.”

Ifs Doe Two Reality Law Used Objects Materials Theory Source Aim Method Appearance Physics Resolution Sensible Metaphysics Theoretical Subordinates Autonomous Theoretical Physics

Author:Pierre Duhem

“The aim of Satanic power is to cut off communication with God. To accomplish this aim he deludes the soul with a sense of defeat, covers him with a thick cloud of darkness, depresses and oppresses the spirit, which in turn hinders prayer and leads to unbelief - thus destroying all power.”

Soul Spirit Turns Prayer Darkness Cutting Communication Aim Defeat Clouds Accomplish Destroying Thick Depressing Hinder Unbelief Satanic Communication With God

Author:James O. Fraser

“The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author.”

Produce Reader Aim Editors Scholarly

Author:Frederic G. Kenyon

“The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.”

Character Ought Aim Chiefs Formation

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“CREATIVITY first of all aims to achieve a REVOLUTION OF VALUES THROUGH RELIGION, therefore it completely and categorically rejects the Judeo-Christian-democratic-Marxist-liberal-feminist values of today and supplants them with new and basic values of which RACE IS THE FOUNDATION.”

Firsts Today Christian Values Race Creativity Achieve Revolution Aim Foundation Democratic Feminist Rejects Marxist

Author:Ben Klassen

“The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.”

Book Names Records Influence Events Politician Aim Spells History Books

Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage

Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage

“When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find a vast array of different examples throughout history.”

Way Different Feelings Example Shapes Aim Propaganda Conform Thoughts And Feelings Communicators

Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion

Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion

“Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many aspects, and thus has become, as clearly can be seen, a dangerous rival to principal imperialistic powers in Europe - England and France. That is why they declared war on Germany on a pretext of fulfilling the obligations given to Poland. It is now clearer than ever, how remote the real aims of the cabinets in these countries were from the interests of defending the now disintegrated Poland or Czechoslovakia.”

“I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.”

Men Said Justice Views Judging Fit Equal Aim Innocent Guilty Consideration Permit Motto Jury Benches My Motto Innocent Man Grand Jury

Author:Isaac Parker

“If you want excellence, you must aim at perfection. It makes you go into detail that you can avoid. It takes a lot of energy out of you but that's the only way you finally actually achieve excellence. So in that sense, being finicky is essential.”

Ifs Want Essentials Perfection Aim Excellence Drawbacks

Author:J. R. D. Tata

“Low aim, not failure, is the crime.”

Author:Bruce Lee

“In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.”

Has Beens Sometimes Character Government Ability Situation Known Office Aim Consideration Appointments Great Office

Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

“Let us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.”

Humans Simple Economy Taste Office Aim Devotion Sacraments Prudence

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of the political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.”

Source: Orwell and Politics

“The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.”

Men Should Young Life Is Attention Half Boys Duty Battle Aim Contact Young Man Officials Spheres Battle Of Life

Book:The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Source: The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

“The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is sheer hallucination. Not one of those aims, not even the aim of giving every adult a vote, has been realized. It has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”

Men Giving Has Beens Made Real Courses Christianity Democracy Wise Achievement Adults Vote Aim Imaginary Sheer Identical Hallucinations

Author:H. L. Mencken

“In the bureaucracy, the identity of state interest and particular private aim is established in such a way that the state interest becomes a particular private aim over against other private aims.”

Way States Interest Identity Particular Aim Bureaucracy

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Risk is more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don't stop. Change the world.”

“The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.”

Men Aim Lazy Lazy Man

Author:James Ellis

“A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. .. When any living organism is attacked, its whole function seems to aim towards reproduction.”

Inspirational Whole Seems Dying Capable Function Aim Extraordinary Endurance Organisms Reproduction Living Organisms

Book:The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements.”

May Country Sound Growth Accepting Economic Strange Activity Aim Requirements Economic Growth Pact Protocol Kyoto Kyoto Protocol

Author:Andrey Illarionov

“The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as a stepping stone to diving or universal love.”

Humans Spiritual Marriage Ideals Stones Universal Aim Unions Stepping Stones Diving Human Love Universal Love

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means.”

Mean Art Philosophy Artist History Aim Stranger Artificial Fine Arts Famous Artist Inspirational Artist Fine Artists Painting Art Painting And Art Artificial Life

Book:Yoknapatawpha, images and voices: a photographic study of Faulkner's County, with passages from classic William Faulkner texts

Source: Yoknapatawpha, images and voices: a photographic study of Faulkner's County, with passages from classic William Faulkner texts

“Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.”

Men Art Philosophy Helping Earth Responsibility History Infinite Aim Midst Abandoned

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.”

Two Whole Bigs Together Faces Three Courses Sports Tough Seasons Aim Compliment Motivated Rivals Trophies

Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“It is also true that the less possible it becomes for a man to acquire a new fortune, the more must the existing fortunes appear as privileges for which there is no justification. Policy is then certain to aim at taking these fortunes out of private hands, either by the slow process of heavy taxation of inheritance or by the quicker one of outright confiscation. A system based on private property and control of the means of production presupposes that such property and control can be acquired by any successful man.”

“Normal science, the activity in which most scientists inevitably spend most all their time, is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like. Normal science often suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive of its basic commitments.”

Knows World Doe Facts Wisdom Politics Community Economy Successful Theory Activity Normal Commitment Scientist Aim Fundamentals Assumption Liberalism Puzzles Novelty Subversive

Author:Thomas Kuhn

“The dissolution of society bids fair to become the termination of a career of which property is the end and aim, because such a career contains the elements of self-destruction. Democracy in government, brotherhood in society, equality in rights and privileges, and universal education, foreshadow the next higher plane of society to which experience, intelligence and knowledge are steadily tending.”

Source: The Indian Journals, 1859-62

“It is the assumption of this book that there is a typical human nature. It is the aim of this book to seek it. Just like a surgeon, a psychiatrist can make all sorts of basic assumptions when a patient lies down upon the couch. He can assume that the patient knows what it means to love, to envy, to trust, to think, to speak, to fear, to smile, to bargain, to covet, to dream, to remember, to sing, to quarrel, to lie. The 'smile' of a baboon is a threat; the smile of a man is a sign of pleasure: it is human nature, the world over.”

“The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all.”

Universe Views Atheism Creation Aim Positive Atheism Absurd Contradiction Suspects Ethical

Book:Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition): An Intriguing Tale of Espionage and Betrayal in Czarist Russia From the Renowned Author of Heart of Darkness, Nostromo & The Secret Agent (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)

Source: Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition): An Intriguing Tale of Espionage and Betrayal in Czarist Russia From the Renowned Author of Heart of Darkness, Nostromo & The Secret Agent (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)

“We place no reliance On virgin or pigeon; Our Method is Science, Our Aim is Religion.”

Atheism Aim Method Positive Atheism Virgins Reliance Pigeons

Book:Eight Lectures on Yoga

Source: Eight Lectures on Yoga

“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul.”

Men Soul Atheism Miracle Aim Positive Atheism

Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be; their aim is always to wield despotic authority over men's consciences; they therefore persecute all of us who have the temerity to tell the truth.”

Men May Country Atheism Authority Conscience Aim Positive Atheism Telling The Truth Theologian

Author:Frederick The Great

“If the aim is to keep "Christ" in the shopping-mall Christmas or to ensure that pagan trees and mistletoe don't lose their Christian labels, then it might make sense to attack presidents and business owners who commit the "happy holiday" sin. But if the goal is to restore the religious meaning of the Christian holy day, then they are aiming at the wrong Target.”