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All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time… — Margaret Atwood
Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you're addicted… — Margaret Atwood
Music is the best means we have of digesting time. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The… — Marcus Aurelius
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without… — Jane Austen
I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don't know what you're doing. — Paul Auster
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who… — Teresa of Avila
Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s. — Dan Aykroyd
In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. — Lauren Bacall
I mean I've never been thrown in jail in New York or Los Angeles. — Sebastian Bach
I mean, MTV or the mainstream media can tell you one thing, but when there are 40,000 people in front of you, who cares about… — Sebastian Bach
That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a… — Sebastian Bach
A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean,… — Michele Bachmann
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more… — Michele Bachmann
Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates… — Kevin Bacon
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing… — Lester Bangs
Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button,… — Lester Bangs
I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a… — Lester Bangs
Socialism means slavery. — Lord Acton
Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking… — Michael Badnarik
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of… — Erykah Badu
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot
Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels… — Red Adair

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