What the Khmer Rouge had in store was a radical agrarian revolution, one with the professed aim of completely renovating society while giving the peasants a better life, of evening the rewards and feeding the hungry, of bringing a rational and utilitarian nation-state into being.
I’ve realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won’t have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.
Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy… in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature.
The sincerity of delivery is what always strikes me when I hear a good band. It’s artist-expression driven, as opposed to being record-producer driven. There’s a huge difference. One’s motivation is impure, while the other is the highest form of expression, so that’s what you aim for.
When I play for Delhi in Ranji Trophy, I try to help Delhi win, and when I play IPL for KKR, I aim to make KKR win.
I start with the aim of making something instrumental, and then I’m just like, ‘Agh, no, it’s not interesting enough. I’ve got to say something here.’
With El Sistema, you can create orchestras everywhere; then they can decide whether they want to become professional musicians. The aim is not only to create musicians, but to create people.
There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.
If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you’re already hamstrung because you don’t have any freedom.
I don’t really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don’t have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.
I feel like I’m a realized artist, but hey, the good news is I can get better, and I’m going to continue to aim for that.
My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.
A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.
The aim of my government is to set up an industrial park at Dhamra. It will bring more investments to the state.
Punters must catch bullet snaps that sometimes bounce or test their verticals. Then they must aim away from dangerous returners or pierce the wind with low spirals or drop punts into ‘coffin corners’ or stick them nose-first like majestic 2-irons near the goal line.
When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That’s what I aim to do in Rio – my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can’t get too complacent. I can’t relax; I can’t be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.
I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.
I have an aim – I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
There are a lot of distractions in London, which is the downside to things, for a lot of young footballers as well, and my aim is to beat that. I don’t want to get distracted by anything, my aim is to concentrate on football and do the best I can.
The old racism of imperialism not only rendered the postwar political elite unable to see black people as full British citizens, it provided them with a whole glossary of stereotypes and preconceptions that they then deployed in order to justify their aim of introducing immigration controls.
My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
My aim has always been to improve with every performance and be an added strength to the side.
Definitely the aim is to be champions.
If I am playing 18 ball, I aim to see how I can get my strike rate to 150-160. After 6-14 overs, you need to break down, that if you play half balls, then how much runs you need to get on the board.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
The aim of a nuclear-transplant experiment is to insert the nucleus of a specialized cell into an unfertilized egg whose nucleus has been removed.
To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
The formation of one’s character ought to be everyone’s chief aim.
The greatest propaganda coup of the American Right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy. As a result, Obama is to the right of Richard Nixon on most issues. And there is we believe, certainly some space to exploit there. And we, VICE, aim to exploit it.
I believe in the saying, ‘If you aim at nothing, you’re going to hit nothing.’ So if you don’t set goals, then you have nowhere to go.
It was always our aim to raise the profile of the game, and I believe it’s only going to get bigger.
We must aim for a zero-tolerance approach to hospital-acquired infections; we have to be clear about who’s in charge at ward level, so there’s proper accountability, and we need to reduce the reliance on agency nursing staff.
A scientist’s aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.
Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried to aim higher and read difficult books.
I am convinced that we need a stronger Europe that acts in a common agreement on the most crucial issues. For me these are safety, defense, innovation and the aim to maintain our well being.
Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile.
The aim of RSS is to build an axis of countries like U.S., India and Israel against China.
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.
The aim of SK’s fundamental change is to increase happiness and share it with society.
It is definitely what my aim is to get everyone to do their part and take on that responsibility of being a leader – whether you are playing or on the bench or if you have not made the team.
All the games we play are worth the same because we can aim to get points in the league. Milan wants to fight until the end in the league and wants to compete with everyone until the last match day.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.
My dad always told me, ‘I don’t care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it’s the world’s best window cleaner.’
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
My aim is to make Andhra Pradesh a drought-proof state.
If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.
I think you should aim for the stars – and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds!
I try to work out at the least 3 days a week, and I aim for 4 to 5 days a week. I try to eat healthy, but I’m not going to say I’m best the best at that. I won’t allow myself to buy junk food, but if it’s somewhere and it’s free, I’ll eat it.
The goal is to win in F1. That is the aim.
The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
The working class of England today have no vision of society beyond the acquisitive – no version of themselves or their habits as anything other than transitional, on their way up or on their way out. The working class, at best, is a waiting room for people who aim to become middle class if possible.
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
My first aim is to play well for my club, Manchester City. If I do, I am sure that will come to the attention of the national manager.
I love the building and the history. I understand not many people like me have played there. But the aim is not to conform to that building. It’s to bring the Albert Hall into my world.
