#mean

If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #before #between #checkmate #chess

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. ↗

— William Blake

#become #enemy #friend #means #person

Never say that your life is to be a singer. You want to sing because it's a part of your life. But if you don't succeed as a singer, it doesn't mean you don't have a life and it's over. ↗

— Celine Dion

#life #mean #never #over #part

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. ↗

— Walt Disney

#independence #me #means #mickey #mickey mouse

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#leisure #man #means #two

I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#cholesterol #directly #eat #energy #feel

People are looking to have more meaning in their lives. It is a sign the technology community is coming of age. ↗

— John Doerr

#coming #coming of age #community #lives #looking

Well, you know, I mean, I first did my live shows in the late 70's and in those days I had a boatload of equipment that always seemed to be going wrong. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#boatload #days #did #equipment #first

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#failure #get #go #got #had

The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#central #everglades #expanse #fact #grass