- Job
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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
- Flavor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of eggs as being fundamental to the flavor of mayonnaise, but they are to Hollandaise.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.
- Nov 07, 2020
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
The happy medium - truth in all things - is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to go into things, and I like to make the most bold choice to tell the particular story being told.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020