Mean Quotes
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I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been around for 5,000 years. Most stuff that doesn't work goes the way of the dodo pretty quick, like waterbeds and 8-tracks and things like that.
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What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim "You know exactly what I mean!" depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.
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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.
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It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.
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Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.
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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder.
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I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what I mean? A horn or wind instrument versus a string instrument. Horn instruments are definitely more toward jazz.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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It is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy, that it is impossible to rehearse life. A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an interruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gesture mean nothing, or mean too much.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I make a mean peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart
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I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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Mark Twain is a voice of truth and a voice of equality and a voice of tolerance. Which means he is a voice of love.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
