Means Quotes
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Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
Confucius
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You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.
Oprah Winfrey
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
Idries Shah
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If we cut our batch sizes in half, then I guess that at any one time we’d have half the work-in-process on the floor. I guess that means we’d only need half the investment in work-in-process to keep the plant working. If we could work it out with our vendors, we could conceivably cut all our inventories in half, and by cutting our inventories in half, we reduce the amount of cash tied up at any one time, which eases the pressure on cash flow.
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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The khadi spirit means also an infinite patience.
Mahatma Gandhi
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He's our catalyst, he means everything to this team. I think there's not a man in here that doesn't realize that Johnny kind of makes us go. He's very, very important to us. I know he's a tough player and he'll be back out on the field for us soon.
Gabe Kapler
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Most of us come to the church by a means the church does not allow.
Flannery O'Connor
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If America gave anybody anything it is ambition. Bad things would come out of it because some guys are in a hurry, but that doesn't mean they're evil or anything, it just means they fall into bad grace somehow.
Jack Kirby
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Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.
Oswald Chambers
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By means of music the very passions, enjoy themselves.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Someone once accused me of slumming. I don't know what that means. I play basketball. And through that, I get to see a world that is not smart-kid world.
Nick McDonell
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True generosity means accepting ingratitude.
Coco Chanel
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We're not going to waltz into the postseason by any means.
J. M. Roberts
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It means a lot to be compared to Eric Roberson. He's a hero of mine.
Avery Sunshine
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For me photography was the means to the end, but they made it the most important thing. (On the discovery of X-ray photography.)
Wilhelm Rontgen
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I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of the human race from the earth, one cannot refute such a viewpoint on rational grounds. But if there is agreement on certain goals and values, one can argue rationally about the means by which these objectives may be obtained.
Albert Einstein
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But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitters of all time-Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, right? When they were 39 years old, how many home runs do you think they averaged? The three greatest home run hitters of all time averaged 18 home runs at age 39. Now, how many home runs did Barry Bonds hit when he was 39? He hit 73!
Carlton Fisk
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Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past.
Lewis H. Lapham
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A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.
Ahmad Jamal
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Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.
Christine de Pizan
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There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different things.
Beryl Markham
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You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
Martin Luther King, Jr.