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It is necessary to be focused. This is the raison d'etre of career. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Netanyahu's raison d'etre is to save Israel from Iran. That is it. That is his mission in the most profound sense. I… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
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A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience. — J. L. Carr Copy Share Image
Psychic awareness leads to a true perception not only of events, but just of life itself. It is its own raison d'etre. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Trying to demonstrate good leadership was not our raison d'etre. We're still just trying to make a comedy. — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre. — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
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We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I come from a long line of very strong, tough women. We stick to our principles and stand up for what we… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'être only as a preparation for an action and a meaning solely in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your business needs a raison d'être. Be prepared to work 24 hours a day, and be willing to take risks. And you… — Josie Natori Copy Share Image
“Eliza's constant harping didn't even get to Martha, although it sometimes seemed that Eliza's raison d'etre was to urinate on Martha's parade.” — Adele Parks Copy Share Image
Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre.… — Deborah Lipstadt Copy Share Image
This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Education in our family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre ... In this family of accomplished scholars, I was… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden is anything but narcissist. In fact, I wonder every day how he could come up with the courage, muster the… — Lawrence Wilkerson Copy Share Image
Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
I want to drink life to the dregs, to enlarge myself to the absolute limits of my being - and to strive… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'être. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
“The personal checks and balances that most of us bring to bear when we are employed in other activities - we ask… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image
Because ethics is fundamentally about questioning the ends, the goals and aims of our actions, we must come back to the rules… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Quinn seemed to have become one of a jaded philosophical society, a group of arcane deviates. Their raison d'etre was a kind… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“Verticality is ensured by the polarity of cellar and attic, the marks of which are so deep that, in a way, they… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
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I often feel my raison d'etre is to hold people to account. To bring authenticity and objectivity to the world of sport. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
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“Never forget these words: Every living creature on earth has its raison d'être.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
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