Quotes with means

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  • J. G. Ballard I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Bruce Sterling I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Assata Shakur I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Angela Merkel I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Douglas Macarthur I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
    Douglas Macarthur
    American general in WO II (1880 - 1964)
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  • E. F. Schumacher I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful. To go for giantism is to go for self-destruction.
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  • Andrew Wiles I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Joan Didion I know what nothing means, and keep on playing.
    Play it as it Lays (1970)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Leo Tolstoy I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.
    Leo Tolstoy
    Russian writer (1828 - 1910)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Langston Hughes I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
    Langston Hughes
    American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist (1901 - 1967)
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  • Angela Carter I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I want to be the best actor that I can be; I want to be working in this business absolutely, and if that means being a movie star, then OK, that's fine. But to me, movie star, celebrity, all that stuff means something very different than being an actor.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Adam Arkin 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
    American actor (1956 - )
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  • Aaron McGruder I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
    The Boondocks
    Aaron McGruder
    American writer, lecturer and producer (1974 - )
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  • Joan Didion I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
    Faceboek (2011)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell I'll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has got to say.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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