- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm happy as a book publisher. I loved my 19 years being a C.E.O. I loved it to distraction, but I couldn't do it till I'm 80.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote 'Hereafter' quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As an exercise, I think that was incredibly important.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
The working-class aspirations are worse now than when I was a kid - and it was pretty bad when I was a kid. Reality TV means they are being told they are no longer a working class, they're an underclass. Young lassies want to be Jordan or Jade, but very few aspire to be the next Germaine Greer.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 1989, public alarm at the prospect of atomic Armageddon has quietened, but the number of nuclear-armed states has increased, arsenals are being modernized, and powerful states remain convinced that a nuclear security umbrella is vital to national defense, domestic prestige, and geopolitical clout.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've all seen those spoiled little brats that end up being given everything and on their 17th birthday get a Ferrari. That whole thing I just can't bear it.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is about more than just money. It's about being creative and innovative.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020