#meant

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious. ↗

— Ferdinand Foch

#meant #mysterious #never #power #remain

Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it? ↗

— Michael Gambon

#acting #come #exact #exist #got

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#along #getting #i #means #meant

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#cigarettes #cocktails #dressing #drinking #glamourous

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#comprehension #great #lack #literally #meant

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#beginnings #chamber #listened #meant #meant to be

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it. ↗

— Chris Martin

#being #fine #i #know #label

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#art #aspect #autonomy #aware #counter

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#clothes #except #feel #feel good #good

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#country #decided #dozen #even #i