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Being famous for fame's sake wasn't the goal when I co-founded the Go-Go's. I just wanted to sing and have a laugh.
The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.
We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our own.
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
I'm not going to take something based on budget and do something just for the sake of it. I want to make good films.
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
Satan hates God for His own sake, and everything that is dear to God he hates for the very reason that God loves it.
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake.
Shakespeare is just some bloke who keeps ranting "what light trough yonder window breaks" its the moon for god sakes!
It's easy to make rude comments simply for the sake of being rude, but I'd much rather go a more psychological route.
If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.
I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.
I don't love collabs just for the sake of collaborating. It has to be purposeful and it needs to sonically make sense.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.
Extraneous violence is totally wrong. 'Robocop' was violence for violence's sake - you don't shoot somebody's arm off.
I love cooking for the sake of understanding how people before me used to feed themselves, used to feed their families.
China's limited military power is for the sake of preserving national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I'm not interested in experiments for their own sake.
I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.
If I like a script, I will definitely pick films of different genres, but I won't do something just for the sake of it.
Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed
You can stay in situations just for the sake of it. That can be a very dangerous thing and tough on your soul and heart.
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.
Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.
On the left, nationalisation is pursued for its own sake - as a panacea that will somehow fix train travel all by itself.
We have been given the privilege to host this presence. The Holy Spirit is in me for my sake but he is upon me for yours.
Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.
Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!
I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.
I don't create from a place of me making art for art's sake, but wanting my work to actually do stuff... tangible things.
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.
People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
I will fight till my last breath for the sake of 3.5 crore people of Telangana. I am ready to make any sacrifice for them.
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
I had got a couple of offers for appearances in films, but I didn't want to be a part of any film just for the sake of it.
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
Most of all, Creation must be protected for its own sake, even if we currently assign no value or an incorrect value to it.
You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.
I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.
Yahya Khan wasn't interested in the government of the country, he was interested in power for its own sake and nothing else.
I'm not interested in artistic records for the sake of making artistic records where they're so cool no one listens to them.
I will do almost anything for the sake of a joke or for the sake of someone's real belief in something to help tell a story.
The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.