- Music
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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
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a loss of autonomy that comes from not being able to own the wealth you've earned.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Kaepernick is trying to become a backup quarterback, and we're seeing guys like Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith being picked ahead him, then you can argue that he is being blackballed.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious.
- Driveway
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica Canyon. I wrote thousands of pages there, but in order to see another adult human being, I had to steal out through the brambly side of the house, along the driveway down to the street.
- Life Is Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are jerks all over Washington. Life is short; being a jerk is just unnecessary.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020