People rarely act with a single purpose in mind.

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Giving big gifts of debt forgiveness to a few people is not consistent with the purpose of the exemption.

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People rose to their feet gradually and with a sense of purpose and obligation.

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The cause is based on a simple and clearly understandable idea with a significant and far-reaching purpose: To bring people together to save lives.

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In free societies, when governments want rich people to pay more in taxes, governments need to motivate them with a sense of purpose.

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"Even if cloning begins with a benign purpose, it could lead to scientific categories of superior and inferior people, " said Rep. Cliff Stearns, a Republican from Florida.

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In a world filled with super-sized challenges, there is massive opportunity for people to pursue purpose driven endeavors that can work towards impacting a billion lives for the better.

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In addition to resonating more with people of all ages for whom social change has become a high priority, being a social purpose leader is a competitive imperative: Samsung, Microsoft, and Research in Motion are much more evolved in this area.

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