- Nov 07, 2020
Mean Quotes
Lines that use 'mean' to clarify, joke, or emphasize.
Most quotes gathered under 'mean' use the word conversationally, to clarify a point or land a joke, rather than to define anything abstract - one marriage joke, one music confession of real devotion. Know has a similar conversational tone.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tactical issue is ISIS or ISIL in the greater Levant area, which is essentially Syria, and Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, et cetera. But the wider problem is not just trans-regional in that part of the world, but it's also global. I mean, 40 to 50 countries supplying fighters to this current fight in the Middle East? Come on.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we achieved under General Petraeus up through 2011, and defeating this threat that we faced out there, I mean, once we decided to come out of there, we squandered an enormous opportunity that, frankly, the military did actually provide our nation and provided the Middle East.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it.
- Motivation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker.
- Talk
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.
- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.
- Messy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, I'm a mess. I don't mean I'm a mess, like, emotionally - I mean, I think probably everybody's a mess. David's a mess. But. I'm talking about... I'm messy.
- Nov 07, 2020
I say 'incantation' a lot, when what I really mean 'incarnation.' It's a programmed mistake.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter's interest. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.
- Complex
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- Nov 07, 2020