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- The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for… — Amartya Sen
- As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done… — George Santayana
- Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes. — Arthur Schopenhauer
- Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels
- Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty… — Christopher Hitchens
- But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem… — Alasdair Gray
- And I will love words for their own sake, like 'hyacinth' and 'Piccadilly' and 'onyx.' And I'll have a good old dog,… — Unknown Author
- I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings… — Ben Shahn
- I think that fiction and, as I say, history and biography are immensely important, not only for their own sake, because they… — Aldous Huxley
- In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others. — Confucius
- All great things are done for their own sake. — Robert Frost