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How was I conceived? Was it love, was I meant, or was I just an accident? — Ray Davies
I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work… — Kiki Smith
Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls. Food… — John Muir
When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would… — Ismail Haniyeh
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the… — James Joyce
Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. — John Lydon
I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one. — David Lynch
I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships… — Steve Martin
I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action. — Paul Weller
This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant. — Virginia Woolf
All I meant was that people take their same old lives wherever they go. No place is perfect enough to strip you of that. And… — Julia Glass
I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been. — Robert Frost
I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual — Virginia Woolf
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS… — Terry Pratchett
There is not a single line in this diary that does not call for a correction or a denial...Yes: throughout these pages I meant what… — Simone de Beauvoir
Wait," I say. "I think you're mistaken. Saying there is no dream is the same as saying everything is a dream. Isn't it? Everyone's a… — Samantha Hunt
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think very… — Jane Austen
I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and… — John Stuart Mill
I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been… — Moss Hart
Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the… — Joseph Conrad
So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm not saying I'm… — Sarah Dessen
Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what… — Joseph Heller
I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT'" - — Margaret Cho
I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard… — Miranda July
You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?' I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not… — Marcel Proust

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