Quotes:The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a
means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
View quotes by Avery BrundageI see the booing as a nice bit of banter and at least it
means the fans aren't bored. It's quality. I enjoy it to be honest and I'm getting it even more than Robbie Savage, which is really saying something.
View quotes by David BentleyCommitment
means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve centre of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.
View quotes by Howard ThurmanReligion is by no
means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company. [This particular Earl of Chesterfield Lived 1694 - 1773]
View quotes by Earl Of ChesterfieldYou're asking me to give insight into my personality or my philosophy of acting. I just don't think that deeply about it. What it
means when I do this or that - I don't know. That's coming outside of myself. I prefer to live my life from inside of me, rather than come outside.
View quotes by Tobey MaguireRestore human legs as a
means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.
View quotes by Lewis MumfordI have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that
means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism.
View quotes by Bell HooksIt should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it
means, you go to jail. [Hmm - the prisons would be pretty full if people got incarcerated for using words they didn't know the meaning of!]
View quotes by David JonesTo study history
means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious task, young man, and possibly a tragic one.
View quotes by Herman HesseTragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude... by
means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.
View quotes by AristotleTo keep up even a worthwhile tradition
means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a 'mummified' form.
View quotes by Alfred JarryYou must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity
means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.
View quotes by Daisaku IkedaI made Simon Cowell look stupid once. He is terrified of presenting so I gave him the microphone and walked away. He hates interviewing people it
means the focus is off him.
View quotes by Ryan SeacrestThis silly woman makes even Jade Goody look like someone with an Oxford first [as usual Ann says what she
means when talking about an Oscar winner called Marion Cotillard]
View quotes by Ann WiddecombeBy depriving the charged person of any defenses
means that sexual dalliance, however voluntarily engaged in, becomes harassment whenever an employee sees fit, after the fact, so to characterise it.
View quotes by Robert BorkBy
means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth
View quotes by Yukio MishimaA free America...
means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
View quotes by Frank Lloyd WrightLiving is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It
means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
View quotes by Cesare PaveseI am determined that in every aspect of Home Office policy - from drugs to asylum - we will focus the system on the hard case. That
means setting clear boundaries for what is acceptable and what is not...
View quotes by Oliver LetwinA house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the
means to buy them.
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