Means Quotes
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To follow art for the sake of being a great man, and therefore to cast about continually for some means of achieving position or attracting admiration, is the surest way of ending in total extinction.
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“You count,” he said softly. “That’s what it means, to not belong - it means that you count. It wouldn’t be bearable if you didn’t know it would end.
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I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song is about a horse, and then it turns out to be about a damn trip to France.
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To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
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Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.
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The end is inherent in the means.
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There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing.
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I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.
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Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each other.
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We're in the sunshine. That means negatives will come out. That's OK.
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Do I know what rhetorical means?
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I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
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Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out.
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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.
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Laughter means sympathy.
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It has occurred to me that possibly the white corpuscles may have the office of picking up and digesting bacterial organisms when by any means they find their way into the blood. The propensity exhibited by the leukocytes for picking up inorganic granules is well known, and that they may be able not only to pick up but to assimilate, and so dispose of, the bacteria which come in their way does not seem to me very improbable in view of the fact that amoebae, which resemble them so closely, feed upon bacteria and similar organisms.
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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.
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Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available.
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Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.
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Positive energy brings good feelings, and dark energy often means harm. But the destruction in dark energy is also a subtle aspect of construction, like how even forest fires have their benefits. Sometimes enemies are our best teachers, people can learn from their mistakes, destruction sometimes means rebirth.
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The ends justifies the means.
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The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live.
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The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.
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I'd rather do something than read about it." "That's fine, but if you do it, and then can't think what it means, it's never much of a memory. Life has more to so with memories of the past and longings for the future than it ever does with *right now*." -pg 138-9
