Mean Quotes - Page 40

• When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

  Samuel Johnson

  Eye, Imagination, Mind

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.229

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• Nurturing and cherishing creation is a command God gives not only at the beginning of history, but to each of us. It is part of his plan; it means causing the world to grow responsibly, transforming it so that it may be a garden, a habitable place for everyone.

  Pope Francis

  Garden, Giving, World

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• Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Views, Benefits, Individual

  Mahatma Gandhi (1944). “Mahatma Gandhi's Confessions”

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• The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands.

  Winston Churchill

  Brother, Husband, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's hard enough to be in a marriage, and then have a kid, then kids, it changes everything. For me, I'd become more concerned with my children. Not that I ignored Britney, but my kids are always most important . . . I mean, we were having complications. I didn't give her an ultimatum, but I was trying to work stuff out with her, and she didn't even talk to me or anything and went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided.

  Kevin Federline

  Children, Kids, Divorce

  "Kevin Federline: My Side of the Story". Interview with Marisa Laudadio, people.com. December 03, 2008.

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• There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean - hell, I know that.

  Stephen King

  Writing, People, Guy

  Stephen King (2016). “Misery: A Novel”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Mind, Pessimist, Optimist

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• Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Inspirational, Running, Sneakers

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• When one speaks of awakening, it means de-hypnotizatio n; coming to your senses. But of course to do that, you have to go out of your mind.

  Alan Watts

  Mind, Awakening, Speak

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• You may be asking yourself, 'Am I the right type of person to go to this rally?' The fact that you would even stop to ask yourself that question, as opposed to, let's say, just jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strapping on a diaper and pointing your car towards D.C. -- that means I think you just might be right for it.

  Jon Stewart

  Book, Thinking, Jumping

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• Spiritual connection does not mean romance

  Caroline Myss

  Spiritual, Romance, Connections

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• By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

  Dale Carnegie

  Anxiety, Preparation, Planning

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.18, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Discipline, it has been suggested, is the means of human spiritual evolution. What provides the motive, the energy for discipline? This force I believe to be love. I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

  M. Scott Peck

  Spiritual, Believe, Self

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• The power of art is that it can connect us to one another, and to larger truths about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.

  Daniel Levitin

  Art, Alive, Humans

  Daniel J. Levitin (2011). “This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession”, p.244, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

  John Waters

  Bars, Prison, Liquor

  John Waters (2010). “Role Models”, p.137, Macmillan

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• Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Rights, Giving, Humans

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• But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

  Oscar Wilde

  Pain, True Friend, Giving

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.346, Wordsworth Editions

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• To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Giving Up, Ego

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• It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity.

  William Coperthwaite

  Jesus, Reading, Independent

  William Coperthwaite, John Saltmarsh (2007). “A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity”, p.13, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• All B.S. aside, it all comes down to... we got to survive. I mean, even warriors put their spears down on Sundays. We got to survive here in this country... 'cause I'm not going back to Africa. We got to survive here. And for us to survive here-White folks, Black folks, Korean folks, Mexican folks, Puerto Ricans-we got to understand each other.

  Tupac Shakur

  Country, Warrior, Sunday

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• I mean, Emily Harris was his wife.And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.

  Patty Hearst

  Leadership, Hands, Wife

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• When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do.

  Adrienne Barbeau

  Smile, Fun, Enjoy Life

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• What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing of things following the development and decline attributes of the moment.

  Jian Yang

  Taoism, Development, Way

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• Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.

  Leon Kass

  Country, Wish, Rogues

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• Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through a web of relationships among beings, each with their own weight and volume and texture.

  Shin Kyung-sook

  Sacrifice, Decision, Doe

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