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- 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
- Charted
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- Nov 07, 2020
We even have a music career. Our song ‘Hold On,' charted on Billboard. I mean, we don't have aspirations to tour with Justin Bieber but we have a lot of different interests and talents.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's, and the little red tab means Levi's, the swoosh is Nike. The product is its icon, inseparably and without exception. To buy a pair of Nike shoes is to buy the Nike swoosh.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 'is involved' or not (whatever 'is involved' might mean).
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.
- Intelligent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's be honest: Everyone has got their opinion. It doesn't mean their opinion is an intelligent one.
- Nov 07, 2020
Pearls mean tears.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I mean, I'm established. So I'm not worried about having a hit at this point in my career.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.
- Nov 07, 2020
I never smile unless I mean it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honors and awards are very interesting, and I truly accept them. I have very high regard for what they mean. What they mean is that they're pointing to the work.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have come to expect campaigns to be mean and stupid and politicians to be unresponsive, self-seeking and for sale to the highest bidder. We make jokes about our vice president, and all we ask of a president is that he be likeable. We seem to have given up on the Pentagon's corrupt use of our tax dollars.
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- Nov 07, 2020