Mean Quotes - Page 38

• They say that if you're afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you're actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I'm afraid of dogs.

  Norm MacDonald

  Dog, Worry, Homosexual

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• God is not pleased by blood – and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death.

  Manuel II Palaiologos

  Strong, Blood, Soul

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• You can't be stuck if you're not trying to get anywhere. Which, to me, means that when you stop fighting with the way things are, magic happens. You relax, open, and any action you take comes from alignment with what's true.

  Geneen Roth

  Fighting, Magic, Trying

  FaceBook post by Geneen Roth from Aug 01, 2012

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• Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you.

  Oprah Winfrey

  People, Waste, Really Mean

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• Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing

  Nicky Gumbel

  Believe, Air, Breathing

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2013

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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• Is God an end or is He a means?

  Paris Reidhead

  Ends

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• No failure means no risk, which means nothing new

  Richard Branson

  Risk, No Failure, Nothing New

  Twitter post from Aug 12, 2013

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• Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.

  Noel Coward

  Running, Spiritual, Determination

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• I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery.

  Christopher

  Recovery, Goal, Helpful

  "Superman star Christopher Reeve passes away" by Brian B., movieweb.com. October 11, 2004.

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• We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace; if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.

  Brennan Manning

  Understanding, Christ, Feels

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.27, NavPress

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• Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.

  Jared Diamond

  Technology, Literature, Today

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• The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead, time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Moving, Past, Illumination

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• The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?

  Matt Damon

  Actors, De Niro, Knows

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• Bringing people together is what i call 'ubuntu,' which means 'I am because we are.' Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Ubuntu, People

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• Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.

  Emma Goldman

  Libertarian, Method, Aim

  Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.260, Courier Corporation

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• Me and running don’t always see eye to eye. Some days it hurts more than others. But it doesn’t mean I don’t do it. I deal with it and I keep running because not everything that is good for you, always feels good for you.

  Lance Armstrong

  Running, Hurt, Eye

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• 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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• The future depicted in a good SF story ought to be in fact possible, or at least plausible. That means that the writer should be able to convince the reader (and himself) that the wonders he is describing really can come true... and that gets tricky when you take a good, hard look at the world around you.

  Frederik Pohl

  Looks, Stories, World

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• Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this is the equal chance for people to express their differences, to let a thousand flowers bloom.

  Robert Greene

  Mistake, Flower, Differences

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.40, Profile Books

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• Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.

  Jon Foreman

  Opposites, Feet, Surfing

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• Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.

  Julia Child

  Fake, Cooking, Substance

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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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• In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.

  Katherine Boo

  Country, Advancement, Corruption

  "The whorl of poverty". Interview with Elizabeth Taylor, www.chicagotribune.com. May 18, 2012.

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