Means Quotes
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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
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Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
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You think silence means something. Sometimes, there's just nothing to say.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Our own interests are still an exquisite means for dazzling our eyes agreeably.
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If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by one woman.
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No ends, simply means.
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I’m just trying to act black. Whatever that means. What exactly is acting black? I’m not sure what that is.
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The best content is the means, not the end.
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To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.
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We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end.
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Means are ends in the making.
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It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.
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Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect that each person has a life and purpose that is their own; do not treat people as objects to be exploited].
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Feeling I'd scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I'm near the end of it. I'm not quite sure what Late Style means except that it's some sort of licence, a permit for ageing practitioners to kick their heels up.
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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
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“Modernity proclaims rights without in any way providing the means to exercise them.”
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Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.
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Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.
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Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.
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Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.
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Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available.
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To be a leader means to be able to move masses.
