mean quotes

“Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion. ”

— Robert Redford

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Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off.
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— Robert Redford

“Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.”

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“A lot of women don't know how to love because there's deep reasons for them not knowing how to love. And what I mean by deep reasons is deep and dark reasons. ”

— Lil Wayne

“Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. ”

— Dr Seuss

“I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it. ”

— Eminem

“Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use. ”

— Sai Baba

“Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. ”

— George Washington Bush

“I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.”

— George Washington Bush

“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ”

— Kurt Cobain

“I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me. ”

— Jim Carrey

“It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married. ”

— Jim Carrey

“The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.”

— Hillary Clinton

“Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None. I mean, I know that's hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don't. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself. ”

— Bob Dylan

“You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot