Quotes about mean
meaningful political democracy
You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy. Noam Chomsky
mean technology
Technology provides means for expression and interchange and so on, so yes it should be free and open, but there are a lot of constraints on how its used. Noam Chomsky
mean internet
It [the internet] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it's mainly a system of corporate control. We ought to have a free internet, but that means having a free society, and there is fundamental questions there. Noam Chomsky
mean pages superficial
I have no Facebook page or Twitter - I don't participate in it, and I don't like it particularly. I mean, it's a form of interaction, which strikes me as extremely superficial. Noam Chomsky
meaningful thinking coercion
In the West, you don't get in any trouble if you tell the truth, but you still can't do it. Not only can't you tell the truth, you can't think the truth. It's just so deeply embedded, deeply instilled, that without any meaningful coercion it comes out the same way it does in a totalitarian state. Noam Chomsky
mean justice people
I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left” you mean people who are committed to peace and justice and freedom and so on, there can’t be elements of the left opposed to workers’ movement, at least under that definition. Noam Chomsky
mean slavery principles
A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer. Noam Chomsky
mean cutting giving
Suppose I try to say the US carries out terror, in fact it's one of the leading terrorist states in the world. You can't say that between commercials. People rightly want to know what do you mean. They've never heard that before. Then you have to explain. You have to give background. That's exactly what's cut out. Noam Chomsky
mean justice want
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. Noam Chomsky
mean law ongoing
Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack. Noam Chomsky
mean media two
Anarchism means all sort of things to different people but the traditional anarchists' movements assumed that there'd be a highly organized society, just one organized from below with direct participation and so on. Actually, one piece of the media confusion has a basis because there really are two different strands in the occupy movement, both important, but different. Noam Chomsky
mean use profit
You also have to get beyond that to dismantle the system of production for profit rather than production for use. That means dismantling at least large parts of market systems. Noam Chomsky
mean political ferguson
One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist - which essentially - I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state. Noam Chomsky
mean people earth
It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who like themselves - I don't want to see them! Mike Nichols
mean mountain-ranges america
You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt. Mike Pence
mean mad fleeting
Its a bit mad. Too bad, I mean, that getting to know each just for a fleeting second Must be replaced by unperfect knowledge of the featureless whole Like some pocket history of the world, so general As to constitute a sob or wail John Ashbery
mean ass kicks
Just because I'm not coordinated doesn't mean I can't kick your ass. Joey Logano
mean hug groups
Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth. Joe Scarborough
mean desire want
Just because you married doesn't mean you're not an individual person with your own wants and desires and needs. Joe Swanberg
mean people world
People can change anything they want to, and that means everything in the world. Joe Strummer
mean rocks facts
In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings. Joe Strummer
mean america interesting
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean? Joe Cocker
mean differences littles
There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a little quicker, but the concept is all on television. Joe Dante
mean excitement bigs
I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great. Joe Dante
mean kids actors
I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly. Joe Dante
mean hard-work thinking
I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go around pretending to be the expert on everything, I'd become Dan Brown, and I don't understand that. We all do our research if we're good writers, and we all work hard to get it right, but that doesn't mean we're experts in the field. The best we can do is challenge people to learn the facts themselves. Jodi Picoult
mean sacrifice feels
Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you. Jodi Picoult
mean luck forget
She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. Jodi Picoult
mean fantasy permanent
Having a fantasy come true doesn't always mean it will be permanent. Jodi Picoult
mean definitions monsters
But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again? Jodi Picoult
mean may stories
The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story Jodi Picoult
mean simple thinking
You know why I think we still execute people? Because, even if we don't want to say it out loud-for the really heinous crimes, we want to know that there's a really heinous punishment. Simple as that. We want to bring society closer together-huddle and circle our wagons-and that means getting rid of people we think are incapable of learning a moral lesson. I guess the question is: Who gets to identify those people? And what if, God forbid, they got it wrong? Jodi Picoult
mean lovely fiction
Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true. Jodi Picoult