Quotes and Sayings About Mean
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When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Common sense means living in the world as it is today; but creative people are people who don't want the world as it is today but want to make another world.
-- Abraham Maslow -
What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont.
-- Abraham Maslow -
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False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.
-- Abraham Maslow -
What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business.
-- Abraham PolonskySource : "Fictional character: Wally". "Force of Evil", www.imdb.com. 1948.
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My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they'll leave in people's hearts. They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.
-- Abraham Verghese -
Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.
-- Abraham Zaleznik -
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The need of the hour is that your life should be revolutionised. The revolution should not be an individual one but a collective one. The change should be concerning your belief, your morals, your actions, your dealings, your decisions, and your efforts. Your life in every way should become a beacon of guidance and it should become a means for Dawah.
-- Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi -
Your life in every way should become a beacon of guidance and it should become a means for Dawah.
-- Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi -
I define "grindin'" as just nonstop work! Nonstop work, nonstop progress. Can't sleep during that grind - I mean, you get a little bit of it, but if you're progressin' at every hour, every second, you are grindin'.
-- Ace HoodSource : Source: www.djbooth.net
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Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.
-- Ad-Rock -
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To a woman--I mean, a nice woman--there is no such thing as men. There is a man; and either she is so fond of him that she can talk of nothing else, however unfavourably, or so much in love with him that she never mentions his name.
-- Ada LeversonSource : Ada Leverson (2012). “Love at Second Sight”, p.97, tredition
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There are two kinds of people in the world - those who have a horror of a vacuum and those with a horror of the things that fill it. Translated into domestic interiors, this means people who live with, and without, clutter.
-- Ada Louise HuxtableSource : Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.77, Bantam
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A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.
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I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.
-- Adam Arkin -
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
-- Adam Baldwin -
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
-- Adam Braun -
When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
-- Adam Carolla -
As I said in my last book, birds are mean. They're the only pet that, when they escape, the owners are relieved. You can tell a species is evil by doing this simple math. If my blond lab Molly was the size of T-Rex, that would just mean more kibble, more work for the gardener in the backyard, and a harder time moving her to my wife's side of the bed at night. If birds were the size of a T-Rex, the streets would be littered with human remains.
-- Adam Carolla -
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Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.
-- Adam Clarke -
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
-- Adam Clarke -
I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
-- Adam Driver -
For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
-- Adam Duritz -
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The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
-- Adam GarciaSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life.
-- Adam Gopnik -
The special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive.
-- Adam GopnikSource : "Decline, Fall, Rinse, Repeat" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. September 12, 2011.
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No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn't mean sh** if it's not connected with love.
-- Adam Lambert -
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She's the coolest person in the world...I don't date what the person does...You know what I mean? I could have been a zitty teenager and walked into a Tower Records, and we would have talked about Pearl Jam, and we would have fallen in love when we were 15. And that's when you know. It's like, oh, my God, game over.... Listen, there are a lot of women in this country, in many countries, who date men for their money. Okay? That's despicable. Right? That's not what we're talking about here. Whatever does it for you, man.
-- Adam Levine -
They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even mean?
-- Adam RexSource : Adam Rex (2010). “Fat Vampire: A Never-Coming-of-Age Story”, p.22, Harper Collins