Means Quotes
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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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By means of music the very passions, enjoy themselves.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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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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It means a lot to be compared to Eric Roberson. He's a hero of mine.
Avery Sunshine
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It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
Mahatma Gandhi
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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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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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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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To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.
Elisabeth Elliot
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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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For a people, as for an individual, it is tragic to have ambitions and to lack both the means essential to their fulfillment and any hope of acquiring those means.
Adolf Hitler
