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I don't mean that to be egotistical, but I'm not writing fluff. I'm not writing for 8-year-olds. I'm a woman and I'm a rock girl.
Capacity building originally meant helping people to help themselves. Now it means required training to deliver imposed policies.
I think that nobody gets mad at me anymore, no matter what I say, because I don't think I'm mean. I am interested in what's next.
The only way to go beyond your fears is to grow beyond them and that always means challenging, overcoming and learning from them.
I sort of got off on making bad guys sweat. Which was not unlike my love of making good guys sweat, just by very different means.
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.
I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.
They know how to think. From the Arabs I have learned one thing: if you are led by Authority, that means you are led by a halter.
I mean, there's chemistry in life and there's acting chemistry. I'm not saying they're the same thing, but they're as mysterious.
Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
When something feels right, that means it is right for you. Pay attention to your authentic feelings, and follow where they lead.
In military science there is a principle more important than "Forward": it is that the task should be proportionate to the means.
One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep.
L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. "It means that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.
I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice pick in your hand.
Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.
Jesus Christ said, 'I pray your faith will not fail.' This means your faith will be tested. What is testing your faith right now?
... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it wrong way round.
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free
(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you.
In the world of highways, a beautiful landscape means: an island of beauty connected by a long line with other islands of beauty.
I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the form.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
I just don't do anything fun anymore. But, that's dying, isn't it? I mean, you die in stages, right? You let things go in pieces.
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.
I'm pretty confident, let's just say that, in my game right now, for what it is. So if that means a win, then I'll be real happy.
I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.
At a certain R.P.M., there's only one way for blood to leave your body, and that's through your eyeballs. That means you're dead.
There's tremendous spirit about make America great again. I mean that's the whole thing. We're going to make America great again.
Honestly, I have a tendency to date dorks. Which means that a lot of times, I date guys that no one else would deem to be a hunk.
He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.
We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; personally, I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means listen closely.
Without health insurance, getting sick or injured could mean going bankrupt, going without needed care, or even dying needlessly.
I've just been bitten on the neck by a vampire... mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying?
Darkroom work had, after all, never interested me except as a means to an end; the place I wanted to be was outside in the light.
She shuddered. “What is it with slobbery kissers? Are they trying to drown us in spit? I mean, Jesus, swallow every now and then.
Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean anything.
It was really fun [on set of the Pineapple Express]. I mean, how could I not have fun? It was exactly what you think it would be.
In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.
To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.
I mean Donald Trump is a legitimate president. He won fair and square. He didn't win the election because of Russian interference.
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.
The Jews run all the banks. Well, we do. The Jews run the media. Well, we do. You know, I mean they're right about all that stuff.
words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.
You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.