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• We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

  Anne Frank

  Happiness, Happy, Soulmate

  1944 Diary entry, 6 Jul.

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• Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn't do the only job they're supposed to have, the only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.

  Al Franken

  Jobs, Agency, Giving

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• Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn't been any radio that did that. And so they weren't trained - they had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.

  Al Franken

  Needs, Radio, Stuff

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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• A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Artist, Design, Synthesis

  R. Buckminster Fuller (2009). “Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure”, p.116, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

  Andre Gide

  Inspiration, Objectivity, Goal

  "The Journals of André Gide: 1914-1927". 1951.

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• When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior.

  Temple Grandin

  Blood, Autism, Drug

  Interview With Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com.

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• Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Mirrors, Giving, Romance

  "Jake Gyllenhaal: 'End of Watch changed my life'". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2012.

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• I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We're on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly - by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that's our - our government's objective.

  Stephen Harper

  Government, Goal, Target

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2009.

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• I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Thinking, Would Be

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2009.

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• In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

  Arthur Helps

  Success, Business, Congratulations

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• I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.

  Francois Hollande

  President, Successors

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• Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

  Russel Honore

  Team, Mean, Metrics

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• Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?

  Billy Joel

  Careers, Together, Materials

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• Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work.

  Gary Johnson

  Opportunity, Common Sense, Political

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• There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

  Andrea Jung

  Friday, Monday, Morning

  "Avon CEO Andrea Jung's advice: Reinvent yourself". ABC NEWS interview, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2009.

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• There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Birthday, Men, Views

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• If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.

  Alfred Korzybski

  World, Maps, Links

  Alfred Korzybski (1958). “Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics”, p.61, Institute of GS

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• For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects still require causes, so if you want to change the universe, you need to act on it.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Reality, Events, Doe

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• Ted Cruz is a patriot. He believes in what he does. He's done marvels in mobilizing conservatives, mobilizing Americans concerned about the direction of the ever-expanding entitlement state under Obama, and particularly the threat it is to freedom. I disagree with his tactics, but I agree entirely with his objectives.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Believe, Doe, Done

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• All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

  Ann Landers

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

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• Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

  John Lennon

  Life, Depression, Running

  "The Beatles Anthology". Book by The Beatles, 2000.

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• That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Government, People

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• Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Hymns, Conservative

  "Doublespeak - from the horse's mouth". www.sfgate.com. May 10, 2009.

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• To somebody like Obama, substantive opposition is not tolerable. The objective is to eliminate all opposition - be it a political party, be it media, or what have you.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Media, Political

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• Try to always stay focused on the objectives that are possible and the positive - and on having fun outside of the stuff that's going on in Washington.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Fun, Trying, Stuff

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