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I mean, everyone agrees with stress tests for banks. I mean that's clear. But banks should do that on their own. And they should worry about their own capital functioning. That's what they should do. It shouldn't be a government function. Arthur Laffer
This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations. Stanley Schmidt
Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless. Jacques Lacan
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential. Les Brown
My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. Aung San Suu Kyi
I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean. Alton Brown
Milan Kundera quote: "To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to..."
To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth. Milan Kundera
Antonin Scalia quote: "What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between..."
What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? Antonin Scalia
I would expect illegal alien parents to take care of their children. If it means the kids go back home with them, that's what happens. If it means there are legal relatives in the United States that can take care of them, that can happen to. But I believe it's the parents responsibility to take care of the kids. Mo Brooks
What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it. James L. Brooks
Jacob Bronowski quote: "To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about..."
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. Jacob Bronowski
I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories. Barbara Kruger
When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word. Charles D. Broad
Karl Kraus quote: "It is better not to express what one means than to express..."
It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean. Karl Kraus
And you know, I said yesterday, you know, you know, if they're not going to - if the feds aren't going to do their job, well, then, I'm up to suing the feds to make them do their job! I mean, they sued Arizona, you know, we can sue them back! I mean, they're not - they're not enforcing the laws! Jan Brewer

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