David Means Quotes

I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal things in a different way: they're highly charged, a slightly newer form, and inherently more contemporary.

David Means

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1961

Topics

LoveWayMoreHardAnythingSharp

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

Jodi Rell

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I want people to think through issues. I'm just tired of blind alignment.

Joel Salatin

TiredPeopleThinkBlindWantJust

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

John Lithgow

Be KindPeopleCareTake CareLoving

Oh, I got totally misquoted saying I can dance like Rihanna. I can't! What I did say is that I enjoy a dance-off with my stepdaughter and her friends.

Anna Maxwell Martin

DanceSayingFriendsEnjoyI Can

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

Merritt Wever

MyselfThinkEnoughI CanAnything

The Marathi film 'Natrang' has amazing songs. I also like and have sufi and folk music.

Amruta Khanvilkar

MusicAmazingFilmFolk MusicSongs

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.

Steve Womack

GovernmentDownWashingtonMoreHere

Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Back home in Seattle, my goal was to recreate the sweet and smoky taste of that BBQ using our local wild king salmon instead of pig.

Tom Douglas

HomeTimeKingSweetWorldPig

There are tremendous barriers to building housing. If we could break them down, the need for rent controls would go away.

Tom Golisano

BuildingDownGoRentNeedHousing

Like Jon Voight, Pat Boone, Kelsey Grammer, and Gary Sinise, Clint Howard is one of the few courageous enough to identify himself publicly as a conservative.

Ronald Kessler

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Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world.

Matt Bellamy

StrengthHopeEmpathyPeopleWorld

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

Mike Leigh

ThinkSophisticatedI ThinkCinematic

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