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Immanuel Wallerstein Sociologist
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"It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today than there was one thousand years ago. One might arguably suggest that the opposite is true. I seek to paint no idyll of the worlds before historical capitalism. They were worlds of little liberty, little equality, and little fraternity. The only question is whether historical capitalism represented progress in these regards, or regression."

Mean Years Self
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Irv Robbins Businessman
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"You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well."

Mean Ideas Business
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Florence King Author
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"To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love of the lowest common denominator to make sure no-one becomes too fine for our touted democracy. We are almost at the point of regarding every virtue as elitist."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here's a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn't understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that's how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that's how you want to come at the problem"

Mean Moving Ignorance
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Fran Tarkenton Former Professional Football Player, Broadcaster
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"The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving."

Mean Giving Perfect
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator
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"The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words."

Mean Friendship Sympathy
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Harry Hay Activist
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"The moment you say, "We are proud. I'm proud to be this, and I'm proud to be that," what you're saying is we're almost as good as the others. "Almost" always means not quite."

Mean Moments Proud
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Keanu Reeves Actor, Producer
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"Money doesn't mean anything to me. I've made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

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George Will Political Commentator, Author
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"Canada has one great novelist (Robertson Davies), which means it has one for every twenty-five million citizens - the world's highest ratio."

Mean Twenties Canada
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism is New Deal Liberalism. In fact, his actual policies would not have been a great surprise to General Eisenhower. The fact that this is called a "political revolution" is a sign of how far to the right the political spectrum has shifted, mainly in the last 30 years since the neoliberal programs began to be instituted. What he was calling for was a restoration of something like New Deal Liberalism, which is a very good thing."

Mean Years Political Revolution
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"I'm very, very thirsty for knowledge. Just because I'm good at something and have found success doesn't mean I'm done. I'm not even close to being done. I don't know if I ever will be done learning."

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player
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"I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags."

Mean Dirty Godly
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Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker
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"Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'."

Mean Mind Discipline
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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing."

Mean Children Kids
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