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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
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Curiously, many Democrats have acceded to Clintonism not because of their cold practicality and political professionalism, but because the Clintons are the sworn enemy of the right. The Clintons, in other words, while hardly being left, have been defined as the opposite of being right - the enemy of my enemy being my friend.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, a career highlight was being on 'Battlestar Galactica.' Roles like that don't come along very often.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe people are afraid to be still because we're used to being stimulated.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin.
- Poet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery.
- Band
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon.
- Connected
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian - we are an emotional bunch. It is where we laughed, cried and yelled - but most importantly, where we bonded and connected.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an American musician means being adventurous.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
- Data
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of the superior being trump those of the inferior.
- Eisenhower
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- Nov 07, 2020