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Meant To Be Quotes

The game is meant to be fun.

– Jack Nicklaus

I love Sherlock Holmes, but I love any of these old stories where the writer was paid by the word, so the adventures just continue forever. They are almost like they were meant to be read out loud.

– Biz Stone

And I’m not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

– Andrew Stanton

I’m clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I’m really not meant for anything but behind the camera.

– Cary Fukunaga

I guess I was just meant to be a secretary who doesn’t take shorthand. I’m a lousy typist, too – 33 words a minute.

– Barbara Hale

I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they’re meant to be is where they’ll be.

– Bebe Rexha

Any Arthurian enthusiast who has watched ‘Merlin’ has probably concluded that it’s not accurate whatsoever – but, it’s not meant to be. It’s not meant to be a true telling. It’s in a fantasy setting, it’s really concentrating on the fantasy element.

– Colin Morgan

What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being.

– Edward Bond

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

– Gordon B. Hinckley

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it’s not meant to be a prediction.

– Dan Simmons

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

– Elizabeth George

But sometimes I’ve felt a little constrained by that idea of who I’m meant to be.

– Emma Watson

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

– Naguib Mahfouz

I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we’re trying to think about.

– Daniel Handler

What we are is what we were always meant to be, and that’s writers.

– Elizabeth George

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

– Emmanuelle Vaugier

I didn’t feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

– Mamie Van Doren

Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.

– Natalie Morales

I feel like I’m meant to be a mom.

– Kaley Cuoco

I don’t think men were meant to be interviewed.

– Leos Carax

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

– Marilyn Monroe

And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that’s all there, but it’s not meant to be shocking or telltale.

– Kim Novak

In some strange way, this was meant to be.

– Joel Gretsch

I’m open to whatever is meant to be, it will be.

– Leelee Sobieski

Great brands are meant to be great aggregators.

– Kevin Plank

I mean, once work’s out there it’s meant to be used.

– Kathy Acker

Villains are meant to be hated.

– Johanna Lindsey

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

– Shania Twain

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn’t meant to be.

– Ryan Lochte

I think that ‘The Outsiders’ was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.

– S. E. Hinton

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