Were Not Meant To Be Quotes

• For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Song, Guitar, Keyboards

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• Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together.

  Scott Neustadter

  Falling In Love, People, Together

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• Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.

  Ron Livingston

  Office Space, Eight, Boss

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• You are alive tonight for a reason. You were created to love and to be loved. You were not meant to be alone. You are not alone. You were meant to do life with other people. You need people who know you. You need to know people. Your voice matters. We are certainly strong. But we are also certainly fragile.

  Jamie Tworkowski

  Strong, Voice, People

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• Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.

  Eddie Murphy

  Writing, Taste, Acquire

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• Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Religious, Teaching, Commitment

  Source: progressive.org

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• The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, World, Execution

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.11, Best Books on

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• Well I talk a little about that, but I don't admit that from the beginning I knew we were not meant to be together.

  Jodi Picoult

  Together, Littles, Wells

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Keeping Faith”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• [9/11] was not meant to be argued with. It wasn't part of any negotiation. No message was intended with it. It spoke for itself, which is unusual.

  Edward Said

  Messages, Unusual, Negotiation

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• It [9/11 event] was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of the American military establishment. But it was not meant to be argued with. It wasn't part of any negotiation. No message was intended with it. It spoke for itself, which is unusual.

  Edward Said

  Military, Heart, World

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Jesus proclaimed, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. .. He is saying that a whole new order is about to enter history, and if you want to be a part of it, you will need a change so fundamental that the Gospel of John would later refer to it as a "new birth". Being born again was not meant to be a private religious experience that is hard to communicate. .. but rather the prerequisite for joining a new and very public movement - the Jesus and kingdom of God movement.

  Jim Wallis

  Religious, Jesus, Hands

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• Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Unendurable, Has Beens

  Herman Melville (1970). “White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war”, p.280, Northwestern University Press

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• Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused. The privilege, inborn and inalienable, that every man has of dying himself, and inflicting death upon another, was not given to us without a purpose. These are the last resources of an insulted and unendurable existence.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Dying, Lasts

  Herman Melville (1970). “White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war”, p.280, Northwestern University Press

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• Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence.

  Louis L'Amour

  Men, Air, Doors

  Louis L'Amour (2004). “The Haunted Mesa”, p.258, Bantam

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• I refuse to believe this was my fate. I was not meant to be this. I was never meant to be..." The pain in his eyes tore through her. "This can't be all I was born for.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Believe, Eye

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.166, Macmillan

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• I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!

  Phyllis Bottome

  Picnics, States, Caterpillars

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• Cold steel was not meant to be an after-dinner dessert!

  Dan Meyer

  Steel, Dinner, Cold

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• The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.

  Ilana Mercer

  Rights, Majority Rule, Liberty

  "Life, Liberty and Property". www.wnd.com. May 15, 2009.

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