Meant To Be Quotes

Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn’t meant to be, and we have no right to do it.

My desire to fight comes from within… it’s a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.

I guess the men who are meant to be a part of my life won’t be intimidated by me and will be stronger. There’s a specific breed that won’t be afraid.

We knew that we wanted TheHunger Games to be PG-13 because she wrote the book for readers 12 and up, and we wanted them to be able to see the movie. It’s a movie that is meant to be relevant to young people, and not exclude them, in any way.

Not all meanings are meant to be clear at once. Some ideas take time. Some words are designed to lead us on inner journeys, with truth hidden deep inside them.

You know how you’re in elementary school and the teacher goes around the room and, like, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I said, ‘NBA player.’ And she’s like, ‘Well, OK. Maybe pick a real job.’ But I really believed it. I felt like I was meant to be here.

And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be.

We are not meant to be perpetually solemn: We must play.

I had all this anxiety about what it meant to be a minority. My professors – the same men who taught me the intricacies of language – just shied away from the issue. They didn’t want to talk about it, other than to suggest I could be a “role model” to other Hispanics – when I went back to my barrio, I suppose.

I’m trying to bring the romance back to music. Old school… Music is meant to be a part of your blood stream, and if it doesn’t affect your bloodstream, then you may as well put it back in the shoebox underneath the bed.

Music is liquid. It’s meant to be messed with and played with and stretched and pulled and pushed, I think.

There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.

I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though.

My shows are meant to be entertaining, not educational.

Usually on jobs I’m quite philosophical and think ‘The right girl gets the part and everything is meant to be.’

It took me eight books to finally be at a point in my career where I could come out with a book and say, ‘This is meant to be a funny book,’ and we didn’t have to make any bones about it.

I have no regrets. I had an amazing surrogate who carried my son for me. I am so grateful to her. I can even say I am grateful for having cancer. I was always meant to be a mom, but if I didn’t have cancer, I never would have had Zev. I would have had a kid, but not Zev, and I want Zev – tantrums and all.