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Poetry wants to make things mean more than they mean, says someone, as if we knew how much things meant, and in what unit of measure.
What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's as good as he's ever been.
I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?
Practice means making an effort to keep your mind steady. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. That's what drives transformation.
It is not the place of the theatre to show the correct path, but only to offer the means by which all possible paths may be examined.
He who gives up action falls. He who gives up the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result.
By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?
I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.
Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.
So, what does it mean for teaching and learning programming when the solution to every beginner problem is available on the Internet?
Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.
Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it.
If people with the very best intentions carry on prosecutions that are oppressive, the end may not always perhaps sanctify the means.
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her
I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in spite of myself.
I think it just kind of comes naturally to me. I feel like I've been coached that way my whole life - to play dirty and to play mean.
Just because someone is single doesn't mean they're lonely. Some people are in relationships and they've forgotten what happiness is.
I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.
Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.
No one can control his emotion of love for a woman ... the sentiment he feels, I mean, but the strong man controls the demonstration.
Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.
When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he was born for literature.
Pieces. Isn't that what all of life is anyway? Shards. Bits. Moments. Am I less because I have fewer, or do the few I have mean more?
Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.
Everyone knows if a Republican comes out of the closet and sees a gay shadow, it means six more years of a Democratic administration.
The fact that you are giving money to charity does not mean that you need not try to find out whether that charity is a fraud or not.
A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.
I wouldnt mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly dont want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.
Being single doesn't necessarily mean you're available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" on your heart.
I'm not going to read any of these magazines. I mean, because they've just got too much to lose by printing the truth. You know that.
New socialize by insulting each other, but don`t really mean it. Woman socialize by complimenting each other but don`t really mean it
Being psychic does not necessarily mean seeing an event that has not yet occurred. It is rather seeing the inner nature of something.
The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.
Everything knows what is best for itself. That is what the Sanskrit word dharma means. Dharma means the best of all possible actions.
All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.
Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.
Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.
I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.
Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.
When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.
We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.
We're always sick and we just don't know it. What we mean by health is only when our constant physical deterioration is undetectable.
I don't mean to cast a dark shadow on all your hopes and dreams, except of course I do, because that is who I am. I'm a dream ruiner.
When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.
To be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure.