5,159 Quotes About Mean


  • Author John Green
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    I have two kinds of Facebook friends: Those who know what 'DFTBA' means, and those who don't.

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  • Author John Green
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    But why Alaska?' I asked her. 'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut word, Alyeska. It means 'that which the sea breaks against,' and I love that. But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be.

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  • Author John Green
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    How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.

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  • Author John Green
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    Yeah, so if that guy can make it in drunk, surely we can make it in sober. I mean, we’re ninjas.' 'Well, maybe you’re a ninja,' I said. 'You’re just a really loud, awkward ninja,' Margo said, 'but we are both ninjas.

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  • Author John Green
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    Her hair is ridiculous," I said. "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.

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  • Author John Green
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    But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe we're grass--our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive. We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

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  • Author John Green
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    Walt Whitman is HOT! I mean, that guy could sound his barbaric yawps over the roofs of my world any time.

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  • Author Jonah Goldberg
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    Simply because the nanny-state wants to hug you doesn't mean it's not tyrannical if you don't want to be hugged.

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