“I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.” WayKindMeanRealStrongReal LifeVery StrongFlashy Author:Holland Taylor
“We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.” KnowsMeanStrongMy OwnPoundsVery StrongVikingsSteroidNorwegians Author:Eleanor Mondale
“I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future.” PeopleMeanSaidAmericaStrongSawsIraqTrackPollsBetter FutureRight Track Author:George W. Bush
“A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well - in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMayMeanPersonsSpiritLyingFallSpeakStrongGrowsCausesActingSituationInfluenceBenefitsSightShameConvictionReactionsObjectivesLiberationConfused Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad -- a foreign policy with alliances.” WantMeanHomeCareStrongPolicyHealth CareThemeForeign PolicyEmphasisAlliancesAffordableAffordable Health Care Author:Bill Richardson
“I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.” MeanRealGovernmentStrongResultsCitiesPathDoubtEffectsHonestImprovementNo DoubtEmployeeFewerEfficientAggressionRippleWrongdoingWrong PathRipple EffectCity Government Author:David Hoffman
“You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you're not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren't that interested.” IfsMeanStrongPracticeTeacherResistanceTortureEnlightenedNot InterestedMonk Author:Frederick Lenz
“Humility doesn't mean hiding in the corner and pretending you are not strong. Humility means to be what you are.” MeanStrongHumilityBuddhismCornersHidingPretendingNot Strong Author:Frederick Lenz
“Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence.” ThinkingMeanDoeSelfSometimesMomentsIndividualStrongIsolationParadoxCrucialIndividualismSurprisingDependenceInsistenceSelf SufficiencySufficiencyCrucial MomentsStrong Individuals Author:Robert D. Richardson
“What the color is, who the daddy be, who the mama is don’t mean nothin’. We family, carin’ for each other. Family make us strong in times of trouble. We all stick together, help each other out. That the real meanin’ of family. When you grow up, you take that family feelin’ with you.” MeanRealHelpingTogetherStrongGrowsGrowing UpTroubleColorSticksDaddyMamaHelping Each OtherTimes Of Trouble Book:The Kitchen House: A Novel Source: The Kitchen House: A Novel
“My daddy says that when you do somethin' to distract you from your worstest fears, it's like whistlin' past the graveyard. You know, making a racket to keep the scaredness and the ghosts away. He says that's how we get by sometimes. But it's not weak, like hidin'...it's strong. It means you're able to go on.” KnowsMeanSometimesAblePastStrongGoes OnWeakGhostDaddyGraveyardRacket Author:Susan Crandall
“If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.” IfsMeanPersonsEnoughWholeDesireStrongGoalConsciousUnconsciousStrong EnoughConscious And UnconsciousDevisingDevising Means Author:Frederick Philip Grove
“To live in a great idea means to treat the impossible as though it were possible. It is just the same with a strong character; and when an idea and a character meet, things arise which fill the world with wonder for thousands of years.” WorldYearsMeanIdeasCharacterStrongWonderImpossibleTreatsAriseGreat IdeaStrong Character Book:Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)