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Aristotle

Philosopher

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.
Actions - Meaning
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Helen Keller

Author, Political Activist, Lecturer

The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands - the ownership and control of their livelihoods - are set at naught, we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease.
Bank - Countries - Demanding - Man - Meaning - Right - Speculation
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Aristotle

Philosopher

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
Aiming - End - Meaning - Virtue
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Bruce Lee

Martial Artist, Philosopher, Actor, Director

Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension.
Devil - Inspiration - Meaning - War
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Thomas Jefferson

Former President of the United States

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.
Honesty - Man - Meaning
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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
Colors - Meaning
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Harry Styles

Singer, Songwriter, Actor

I don't think you can ever get used to being this famous. I've learnt how to keep things separate or at a distance. I've nothing to hide. But seeing this as work, like a job, means I can take a step back. It's me right now in front of you and in the papers but it's not all of me. If you give yourself entirely to the business, you'd end up going mad. And I'm not mad. Not yet.
Madness - Meaning
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George Harrison

Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer

There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going.
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Jay Leno

Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer, TV Host

A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that means? We are seeing Congress at its smartest and most effective right now.
Human - Meaning
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Aldous Huxley

Writer, Philosopher

Religion is always a patron of the arts, but its taste is by no means impeccable.
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J. R. R. Tolkien

Writer, Poet, Philologist

Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?
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Pope Francis

Head of the Catholic Church, Sovereign of the Vatican City State

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.
Commanding - Creativity - Gardening - Growing - Meaning - Plan - Transformation
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Barack Obama

Former President of the United States

Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that has proclaimed that Israel shouldn't exist, that has denied the Holocaust, that has financed Hezbollah, and as a consequence, there are missiles that are pointed towards Tel Aviv. There are very good reasons why Israelis are nervous about Iran's position in the world generally.
Countries - Meaning - Nervousness - Relatives - Significance
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Howard Zinn

Historian

Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must not be employed.
Certainty - Employment - End - Meaning
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Thomas Paine

Philosopher, Founding Father of the United States

Money, when considered as the fruit of many years' industry, as the reward of labor, sweat and toil, as the widow's dowry and children's portion, and as the means of procuring the necessaries and alleviating the afflictions of life, and making old age a scene of rest, has something in it sacred that is not to be sported with, or trusted to the airy bubble of paper currency.
Meaning - Reward - Widow
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Voltaire

Writer, Historian, Philosopher

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.
Absence - Meaning
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Woody Allen

Director, Writer, Actor, Comedian

Writing is great because in the writing you never have to... First of all you never have to leave your home. And you never have to meet the test of reality when you're writing.
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Steve Martin

Comedian, Actor, Musician, Writer, Filmmaker

What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me.
Meaning - Projection
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Noel Gallagher

Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

We live a dying dream, If you know what I mean...
Death - Meaning
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James Madison

Former President of the United States

[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachment of the others.
Federalism - Meaning - Motivation
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Jack Kerouac

Novelist, Poet

Way far back in the beginning of the world was the whirlwind warning that we could all be blown away like chips and cry- Men with tired eyes realize it now, and wait to deform and decay- with maybe they have the power of love yet in their hearts just the same, I just don't know what that word means anymore- All I want is an ice cream cone
Boredom - Crying - Man - Meaning - Realization - Wants
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Henry Ford

Businessman, Industrialist

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
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Nicki Minaj

Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Model

Life is a prize, but to live doesn't mean you're alive
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David Attenborough

Broadcaster, Natural Historian, Narrator

You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean.
Crying - Meaning - Wellness
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Sigmund Freud

Neurologist

A child in its greed for love does not enjoy having to share the affection of its parents with its brothers and sisters; and it notices that the whole of their affection is lavished upon it once more whenever it arouses their anxiety by falling ill. It has now discovered a means of enticing out its parents' love and will make use of that means as soon as it has the necessary psychical material at its disposal for producing an illness.
Enjoying - Fall - Illness - Meaning - Parents - Sharing - Whole
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Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States

I mean, that's the least we should do for these men and women [veterans and military spouses], is to make sure they come back to jobs that pay, to career opportunities, that these spouses are able to add a second income to their households, because these families do not have a lot of resources.
Ability - Livelihood - Man - Meaning - Payment
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Theodore Roosevelt

Former President of the United States

The vice of envy is not only a dangerous, but a mean vice; for it is always a confession of inferiority. It may promote conduct which will be fruitful of wrong to others, and it must cause misery to the man who feels it.
Danger - Feelings - Man - Meaning
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Benjamin Franklin

Polymath, Founding Father of the United States

Industry and patience are the surest means of plenty.
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RuPaul

Actor, Model, Singer, Songwriter, TV Personality

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.
Meaning - Parents - Satisfaction - Secrets - Willing
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Upton Sinclair

Writer, Journalist, Political Activist, Politician

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.
Meaning - Production
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Michelangelo

Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Poet

Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of.
Meaning - Painting - Poetry
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Aldous Huxley

Writer, Philosopher

I have discovered the most exciting, the most arduous literary form of all, the most difficult to master, the most pregnant in curious possibilities. I mean the advertisement. It is far easier to write ten passably effective Sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than one effective advertisement that will take in a few thousand of the uncritical buying public.
Advertising - Curiosity - Difficulty - Excitement - Mastering - Meaning - Pregnancy - Sales
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