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• The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

  Eminem

  Family, Divorce, Details

  "Eminem Responds to Kim's Comments on Divorce". www.foxnews.com. April 7, 2006.

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• All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

  Gloria Estefan

  Art, Successful, Ideas

  Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2013.

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• What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.

  Tim Ferriss

  Witty, Fun, Ifs

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• I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your reviews or your previews.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Selfish, Expectations, Process

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• Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative music in the world for the sake of success. That's what the music business does to you. That's what capitalism does to you.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Heart, People, Doe

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• Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Party, Training

  Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.188, Penguin

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• That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Service To Others

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Iraq, Dominance, Conflict

  "No Kidding". www.washingtonpost.com. January 27, 2003.

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• TV, it's a director's medium, and they wanna make it look interesting. To be rehearsing mostly for the sake of where you're standing so they can do the lighting, that's what I don't like.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Interesting, Directors, Looks

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• That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.

  Stone Gossard

  Done, Energy, Malicious

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• I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.

  Temple Grandin

  Inspirational, Funny, Animal

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• There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

  Geri Halliwell

  Jealous, People, Want

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• I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

  Geri Halliwell

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

  Herbie Hancock

  Inspirational, Music, Creativity

  Twitter post from Jan 20, 2017

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• I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how my voice sounds on social media, you know? I don't want to tweet everyday just for the sake of tweeting. I want to make sure whatever I do there is honest. Social media can very quickly get fake, and I don't want to be that guy.

  Hunter Hayes

  Media, Voice, Guy

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• Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.

  Don Hewitt

  Dirty, Naughty, Long

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• People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.

  Lauryn Hill

  Smile, People, Needs

  "They Call Me Ms. Hill". Essence.com Interview, www.essence.com. December 16, 2009.

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• I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

  Mark Hoppus

  Kids, Thinking, Rocks

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• Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

  Annie Lennox

  People, Want, Toxic

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• For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

  Thomas Mann

  Love, Death, Men

  Halldór Laxness, Maurice Maeterlinck, Thomas Mann (1971). “Halldór Laxness, Maurice Maeterlinck [and] Thomas Mann”

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• Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Party, Food, Cooking

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• We want you to visit our State of Excitement often. Come again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live. Or if you do have to move in to live, don't tell any of your neighbors where you are going.

  Tom McCall

  Moving, Portland Oregon, Heaven

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• We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

  James McGreevey

  Impact, Needs, Purpose

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• All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.

  John Stuart Mill

  Character, Color, Action

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

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• Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.

  Susan Polis Schutz

  Depression, Uplifting, Commitment

  "Depression and My Lifesavers" by Susan Polis Schutz, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2010.

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