- Personality
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- 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
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah it would be really cool to disappear. Like Jack Nicholson in 'The Passenger.' Isn't that the final frontier? Being able to erase everything everyone knows about you and just be a stranger has become extremely seductive.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had a band called the Grainers. In our 12-year-old minds, this was like a double entendre for like being annoying and being a delicious donut. I got kicked out of the band for playing bass incorrectly. Like, I was playing it like a guitar. I was just so like twee and British, even as like the little 12-year-old boy.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.
- Disenfranchised
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that there are people in our nation, black people, who are systematically being disenfranchised in a number of spheres in our lives.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of us have held the hands of friends or brothers as they struggled with military and police academy recruiters, and though many of them never dreamed of being policemen, a lack of opportunities led them to those positions.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's demonstrate, illustrate, the ways in which our communities are being undermined time and time again, and make sure that the broader public and those in power choose to stand with us.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
- Nov 07, 2020
Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
- Sex
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never want to be on the receiving end of Donald Trump being disappointed in you.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not make the mistake of ever speaking for Mr. Trump, because he does so well with being candid and direct with the voters.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like a lot of young lads who dreamt about being a singer, I was a massive fan of Robbie Williams and couldn't believe my luck when, not only did I get to meet my idol, but sing with him, too.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020